Commonwealth v. Taber’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
November 1967
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“Whoever does or performs any worldly employment or business whatsoever on the Lord's day, commonly called Sunday (works of necessity and charity only excepted), or uses or practices any game, hunting, shooting, sport or diversion whatsoever on the same day not authorized by law, shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine of four dollars ($4), for the use of the Commonwealth, or, in default of the payment thereof, shall suffer six (6) days' imprisonment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Sometime prior to November 17, 1957, there appeared notices of a”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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