Dixon v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the Circuit Court of Covington. Tried before the Hon. Jno. P. Hubbard. cited Snider v. The State, 59 Ala. 64; Com. v. Harrison, 11 Gray, 308; 34 Ark. 447; 33 Mich. 279; Bish. Stat. Cr. 1070a.
1Opinion of the CourtSomekyille, J.
— The defendant is indicted for keeping open store on Sunday, in violation of section 4443 of the present Code (1876) of Alabama. The court, in effect, charged the jury, that the making of a single sale of merchandise without regard to the circumstances of the case, if done on Sunday, constituted a violation of the law.
The design of the statute is to prevent the traffic of merchandise as a business on the Sabbath, excepting only the sale of drugs. By keeping “ open store ” we are to understand the keeping of a store accessible to such as desire to enter for the purpose of traffic.—…
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