Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-03
Important Decisions
rThe following notes OF cases are
from the West Publishing Company
ST. Paul, Mimi
SUNDAY ADVERTISEMENTS.


| SUNDAY ADVERTISEMENT
| Plaintiff. a newspaper. seeks 10 re-
! cover the rea sonable value OF services
performed on Sunday in puhilshlns a. :.
J yertisements. A Wisconsin statute
J prohibits labor, business. or work. ex-
/ cept works of necessity and charltv'
! from being performed on Sunday. Inc
: supreme court Of Wisconsin in Senu-
mel Company VS.. a. D. Meisebbach MO-
tor Wagon Company, 12S Northwestern
Reporter. ssl. holds that under the
| aforesaid act these can be no recoV
| cry. The court says that If the RUE oi
J the statute be wrong, ii is for the les-
is,ature. nor the courts, to afford re-
| lief.
The following ANONYMOUS letter was
sent to one John L. Vest:
West: Get out of Warsaw and stay
out Pants and Coat. Is. n.
Exhibit B"
The conspirators We're apprehenoed
and indicted for unlawfully oanolhs
together TO irtimidate vest. Inc coor
| o. appeals Of Kentucky, in common
wealth VS. Morton, 13l Southwestern
Reporter. SOC. holds that no person mas
the right to compel a person by threat
abandon his business. or disturb him
i, the Quiet possession of either. Any
good citizen can easily set in mo'ioh
the machinery OF the law. and thru It's
gencv compel an offender to reform
his habits. and in this orderly way pro-
tee. tho community from his EVIL as
sociatior and vicious influence Inc
-irh- Of citizens however well-mean-
ing their intention may be. to take the
law into their own hands. and admin
lister 1t according to their own notloH'
has no place in our form OF govern.
ment. and it is we'll for the SAFETY OF
ne and the security Of property that
1t has not.
SHOOTING IS NOT INDECENT.
To shoot justifiably is not acting IN
decentIy, according TO the court OF ap-
peals Of Georgia, as stated IN Gum
mines VS. state. SO Southeastern re
porter. s1s The testimony showed thal
defendant, when at a point ABOUT
half mile away from church was met
by another person, who mace an un-
t,s;ihahle and deadly assault upon
hin, whereupon defendant opened fire
witt, a pistol to defend himself ne
was charged with a violation OF the
PENAL code. which makes II mlsde-
meanor to disturb persons assembled
for divine worship. the states theory
being that he acted indecently In nFlhe
the pistol thus near the church In ques-
ton: He was convicted. and appeals.
The court holds that his conduct was
not such as TO violate the statute pro-
hibiting indecent acting. FOR that
term could not be extended 10 MEAN
that person is restricted from exer-
cising the highly esteemed right OF
self defense against felonious as
sault The court says: 'Dlvlne "or-
ship is sacred but so. also. Is the de-
Tense Of ones own life" The judgment
was reversed.
CHRISTMAS DAY.
Christmas day. Dec. 20. 1910. IN
view OF the fact that Christmas day
fell on Sunday, 1910. but was observed
on MoAday. was II legal to sell intoxi-
cants on Monday? The governor OF
Rhode Island presented this question
n the supreme court OF that state in
the case Of IN re Potnier, IS Atlantic
Reporter. 346 The statute provides
that liquors shall not be sold on Christ
mas day. OF any other OF the enumer-
ated holida Us, or the. day following such
holiday. where 1t falls on Sunday. The
court interprets the expression Christ
mas day" as being legally the 26tn, and
concludes by saying: The state mas
sought to protect Christmas day, as
commemorative of the nativity OF
Christ, associated with the gentlest
sentiments Of human nature, dedicated
by our people to acts Of kindness and
of charity. 1t has prohibited the gener-
al sale Of intoxicating liquors upon
that day, in order that this festival OF
good will and peace may not be sui
lied by intoxication and by acts OF vto-
lence, that so frequently accompany
the sale of liquor upon holidays. The
25th of December in this year Is pro-
tected because it is Sunday. All the
considerations which would prompt a
prohibition of the sale Of liquor upon
the 25th day of December, when that
day does not fall upon Sunday. are
just as pertinent with respect to such
a prohibition on the zotn day OF De-
cember. when that day is made the
legal Christmas day by legislative en-
actment." For these reasons the court
answers the question In the negative.
MALIGNANT ENDoCARDITIs.
Somewhat Of gruesome case is that
Of Danahy VS.. KELLOGG s126 New York
Supplement, AZ. This IL. an action to
recover damages for death resulting
from an automobile accident. The GER