76 Pa. 132 | Pa. | 1874
delivered the opinion of the court, May 25th 1874.
It is very important that the Acts of Assembly providing for the observance of the Lord’s day, commonly called Sunday, should be enforced according to their true spirit and meaning. We are
It is true that the English authorities hold that a notice of protest served on Sunday is to be considered as received on Monday: Byles on Bills 224. But our Act of Assembly is more comprehensive in its terms than the English statute of 29 Charles 2, cap. 7, which forbids only labor in one’s “ ordinary calling on Sunday,” whereas the statute of 1794 is aimed against “ any worldly employment or business whatever Johnston v. The Commonwealth, 10 Harris 108; Omit v. The Commonwealth, 9 Id. 432; Kepner v. Keefer, 6 Watts 233. If the plaintiff in error was not bound to receive the notice on Sunday, neither was he bound to open and read it on Monday. He said nothing to lull
Judgment reversed, and a venire facias de novo awarded.