Sunday-Law Case Reversed by A. O. Burrill

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 26, 1910

Sunday-Law Case Reversed

By A. O. Burrill

THE barbers of Lexington, Ky., have been making an effort to close on Sunday all barber shops in the city. These cases have passed through all the city courts to the county court. The decision of the judge is that “a well-conducted barber shop open on Sunday for a portion of the day is not a violation of law.”

Says the Lexington Herald of April 23: “Judge J. Percy Scott, sitting in county court yesterday, held that a well-conducted barber shop open on Sunday for a portion of the day is not a violation of law, and dismissed the warrants against eleven local barbers charged with violating the sabbath by pursuing their trade on that day. Judge Scott held that barbering on Sunday is a necessity. . . . Each of the eleven barbers was charged with having pursued his trade on April 10, that day being the sabbath. Attorneys for the defendants demurred to the warrants, claiming that the work performed was a necessity. Counsel for both sides submitted to Judge Scott a number of decisions on the subject. With the decision of Judge Scott the matter will probably be dropped.”

A. O. BURRILL.