The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-07-08
! Shaving on spndsy hyffsv~g


In a recent case it was held, that keep
ing open a barber's shop on Sunday is
not indictable either as a nuisance or a.
misdemeanor. It was held not to be d
misdemeanor because penalty for the. i,
violation of the Sunday laws is imposed.
The question then was whether it wasIs
q nuisance and the court said: 9 1t cam
not be said that barber's shop is sonie-
thing which incommodes ore alIloyss ger q
which produces inconvenience or dam
age to others. On the contrary the btsilSse
ness OF barbering issso essential to the
comfort and convenience of the inhabits
ants OF town or. city that it may be
regarded as necessary occupation. To
hold that it becomes a nuisance when 4
carried on on Sunday is a-peryersion of
the term nuisance All that Gan be-
said OF it is that when prosecuted on
Sunday 1t is violations of the astafute {
and subject to be prosecuted against rs.
prescribed by law, but not subject to be
indicted as nuisance. 1t may shock
the moral sense of aportiofi, of thescefnl
munity to sea the barber, carrying on.
has business with open doors on Sunday,
but it produces no finconvenfefice ser /
damage to others and stherefore cannot
be regarded in legal leontenlplationxa
nuisance"
THE legality Of Keeping oopena a bat.I,o
ber's shop on Sunday was considered in T.,
a pennsylvania case. where it was held
that the business of barber in shaving.
hls customers on Sunday morning Is
- worldly employment, n NOT ga work =
Of necessity or charity. :" The. court !.
shid: 's It is argued that as Che faw
does not forbid person to wash and
shave himself on Sunday, and .tlitssto
prepare himself to attend public worship,
or otherwise properly to enjoy the rest
and recuperation which IL was the 3purol&.
pose of the day Ito give, therefore
smother may do it for him. without
incurring the condemnation. of the
law. This view is not Sustained bysh
the authorities. :, It lis d, furthera.
oontended by the counsel for the de-
fendant that long continued usage aha9a
customs OF society prove that the busi-
ness OF a barber is by common conseiit
Considered anecessity within the mean,.d
hg OF the law. And the .forcible and
exhaustive arguments Of Lowrie, EsJ ,oa
p Commonwealth against Neshib ,areai
Urged upon our consideration as decisive
q this case; In .ly nay Judgment the points
fuIed in that case and those to 68 de-
fided here. are In norway taliked EiHrsst
was held ID! that hi hired e seryaat, with,
Drive his employers family II. lshsfehf,
on Sunday in the. employers private
slsssss sams sat fals hs as5 efss sa4 s
b private shop on sSunday, shaving anxist
dressing the hair. of whom may come,
whether his customers intend To % otoa to
church or not, and whetheri he Isl ei,-ss
tirely able to shaHe himself or not. In
that. without regard to the .necessitypf
the particular acts done, he claims the
right to exercise his sUra rainaryS balNnisps
bns Sunday as on, other.d days" .But,isx
It work of necessity? Many persons ont
shave themselves on that day,, who arsF
shaved by a barberon ether days of the
week. And not sQne in. ten who shave
pn that day employ the services Of
barberp The court also say that del'f
ferdants custom of closing his shop att
ten clock on Sunday mornings made
no difference, and conclhde.' az. f theE
closing of these shops on SundaXsis. an t,
lnconvenience to the public the remedy
rests tss with the Legislature and Hot With
In alcase in 1897, ani apprentirs,toua5
lures not to absent hinassIf ran 6isa
masters business on holiday or eVeeI.,
tlay. late hours or early. without leave
went away on SUNDAYS w;thGf 1ieayes
and without shaving his'master's custo-
mers. Held, by the I1ordsthat he caiild
masters shop on SUNDAYS for the mr.
pose Of shaving the c,istomsfs :thst rorka
and all othar sorts of hand;craft ha;nr
illegal. in ENGLAND As we'll as ScoflanGf =
not being works Of rntncess;to slna,.,vyTc,s \
charity. Lord -ghancsllar Cottanham
said; tsThis, is a case Of craat ;mnort. h.
ance., and that tha worf lis one of
mere hfc,o,nvenience ), j II ord, WtNfnrds,
coucn1eds ssayino. sit was mot nseessa-
rv That neonie s6orld he shaved N Sun
II iavtl YIN in apt1biic shou. ~ was M ar,sect4
81 mercy. It was clearly an act of handi-
craft Lord Brougham also concnrred
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