Commonwealth v. Josselyn

Oct 15, 1867
Reporters:
By the Court.

The defendant’s exceptions cannot be sustained. The ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‍complaint charged him with working on the Lord’s day by hoeing in his field; and the ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‍evidence for the Commonwealth was that he was hoeing in a field, in a part of his ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‍garden. There is no variance. Whether a garden is always a field or not, it may be ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‍in a field; and this was. The complaint was sufficient, and there was nothing to show ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‍any necessity for the defendant’s labor on that day. Exceptions overruled.