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View Entry Joseph Gunter v. State Cocke Sabbath Violation

Although not named in the case name, G. W Gunter, George Hooper, and Johnson Hooper were also accused of Sabbath breaking. These "evil disposed persons" were charged with squirrel hunting on a Sunday, evidencing their "manifest corruption of the public morals, to the evil example and common nuisance of all good citizens."

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View Entry Luther Everett (alias Lewis Everett) v. State Knox Sabbath Violation

"Retailing liquor on Sunday." Case incomplete; opinion only.

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View Entry State v. S. C. Moore Knox Sabbath Violation

"Retailing on Sunday." Case incomplete; opinion only.

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View Entry State v. Paul Lenzi Shelby Sabbath Violation

Defendant found guilty of keeping his saloon open on Sunday, 28 May 1905, in violation of the law.

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View Entry State v. L. Keith Shelby Sabbath Violation

Defendant originally found guilty of keeping a saloon open on Sunday, 18 June 1905. Fined $50 and sentenced to 30 days at hard labor in the county workhouse.

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View Entry State v. Jim Williams Davidson Sabbath Violation

Williams tried & found guilty of selling liquor on Sunday, 3 Nov. 1907, & of "tippling" on that same day. Transcript of case only. Case designated Middle Tennessee, but filed in East Tennessee.

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View Entry State v. William Parson Shelby Sabbath Violation

The defendant was charged with operating an establishment that sold liquor on a Sunday.

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View Entry State v. George Bomar Warren Sabbath Violation

Defendant is charged with doing business on a Sunday.

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View Entry State v. Thomas Waters Knox Sabbath Violation

Waters charged with breaking the Sabbath by butchering on Sunday against a statute. Waters filed a demurrer.

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View Entry State v. William Baker Knox Sabbath Violation

Cause of Action: Retailing on Sunday. Judgments only, no other case documents included.

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View Entry State v. Lonnie Kisner Obion Sabbath Violation

Keeping open a Saloon on Sunday.

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View Entry State v. Jack Hayes Davidson Sabbath Violation

Hayes played baseball on Sunday - Failure to observe Sabbath

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View Entry State v. Henry J. Barker Sullivan Sabbath Violation

The defendant is being charged with unlawfully selling liquor on Sunday.

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View Entry Wiliam Ragia v. State Davidson Sabbath Violation

This case revolves around the business practices of William Ragia, a barber, who owned Ragia Barbor shop on Church St. in the City of Nashville. Plaintiff was discovered practicing his trade on Sunday, and was cited. The specific offense was 'keeping a bath room that is open to all others on Sunday'. Barbering, cutting hair, shampooing, and/or holding a bath house on Sunday was a misdemeanor in Tennessee at the time (1886).

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