Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Hobach v. Sheriff

New York Supreme Court

Decided July 15, 1895PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Habeas corpus proceedings to review the conviction of , relator of the crime of carrying on the business of a barber on Sunday in the city of Brooklyn.

1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.

The relator was arrested upon the charge of carrying on the business of a barber in the city of Brooklyn on Sunday, June ninth last, which act, by chapter 823 of the Laws of 1895, is declared to be a misdemeanor. Having been committed for trial by one of the police justices of the city, *588he has been brought before me upon a writ of habeas corpus and asks for his discharge upon the ground that the statute referred to is unconstitutional. The statute makes it a misdemeanor to carry on or engage in the work of a barber on the first day of the week, except that in the city of Hew York and the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Barbier v. ConnollySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  2. Hayes v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  3. People v. . MosesNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
  4. Lindenmuller v. PeopleNew York Supreme Court · 1861
  5. Neuendorff v. . DuryeaNew York Court of Appeals · 1877

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Pauly v. KeeblerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1921
  2. People v. Stiegler, New York County Courts1936
  3. Fox v. Mohawk & Hudson River Humane SocietyNew York Supreme Court · 1897
  4. People v. HavnorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896

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