, 1903-03-28
SUNDAY CLOSING
LAW KNOCKED OUT

first section applying to the closing Of
saloons. against which the constitu
tional defects of discrimination do not
apply, is of full force and effect, and
! that saloons and retail dealers in liquor
may be prevented from keeping theiI
places of business open on Sunday
The history OF the present trial is
about as follows:
A few Sundays ago County Attorney
Gibson and some of the local dealers
affected by the section quoted agreed
to make a test case, and George H. Egg
g~leston, who keeps a candy and cigar
store on Thornburgh street, nearly op-
posite the Kuster hotel, was selected
as the one to whom the law should be
made to apply.
power he served notice on all the
business men in the city, through
Sheriff Cook and his deputies, that he
would enforce the section. Notice was
taken personally to a great number OF
them. and those in the country towns
were served by notices forwarded by
registered mail.
Three or four Sundays & Mr.. Egg
%gleston's place vas found open and do
ing business on Sunday by Sheriff
Cook, and he was notified to appear be-
fore the district court. No warrant
was then issued. the agreement among
the parties being that the matter
should be conducted so as to cause as
little expense as possible to both the
state and the defendant. The store
was closed that afternoon. and since
then all the business men of the city
have carefully observed both the letter
and the spirit of the law.
When the case was called in the dis
trict court it was argued for the state
by Mr.. Gibson and for the defendant by
Judge H. V. S. Groesbeck, who cited
many authorities and read paragraph
after paragraph from the decisions of
the courts in other states bearing OIL
the matter at issue. The hearing of
the case consumed two whole days
and at it's conclusion Judge Carpenter
took it under advisement. His opinion
is a lengthy and exhaustive resume of
the case, and he has overruled demur-
rer and other motions, holding to the
enc idea that the law was legally pass
ed by the territorial council in 1888,
but that it c~ontravenes the right of one
man to the enjoyment of the privileges
and liberties of his neighbor.
Judge Carpenter says that the law in
effect prohibits the sale of cigars and
liquors only in a drug store, permitting
the sale of tobacco in any other form
and any other articles offered for sale.
A butcher may sell fresh meat but is
permitted to sell no salt or cured meat
or fish or vegetables. they being kept
here by the meat market.
A grocer who handles baled hay is
prohibited from selling to a man whose
cattle need the fodder, while a ranch
man living neal town may bring his
hay to market on Sunday and dispose
of it without let or hindrance.
When Sheriff Cook was first directed
to notify business men that the section
would be enforced, Mr.. Gibson caused
notice to be served on the railroad
company that he would not permit the
sale of hay to shippers of cattle whose
stock had been unloaded here in trans
i. to be fed and watered. The stock
yards we're leased to a private citizen
as to feed for stock, and he told the
agent of the county attorney that he
when he had cattle in the yards to be
fed he would see that thy were fed.
The owner of one bunch of cattle
threatened to force his way into the
hay storehouse at the yards and help
himself. This notice was afterward
withdrawn, the attention of the county
attorney being called to the provision
of the interstate commerce law requir-
ing that stock shall be unloaded and
fed after they had been in the cars a
certain number of hours.
A year g last January the city
council of the city Of Laramie adopted
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