Commonwealth v. Shannihan
This text of 13 N.E. 347 (Commonwealth v. Shannihan) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
This is a complaint under the Pub. Sts. c. 98, § 2, which prohibits the keeping open of a shop, warehouse, or workhouse on the Lord’s day. Section 2 of the St. of 1887, e. 891, makes certain exceptions to this general provision; but, according to the rule established in this Commonwealth, such exceptions need not be negatived in a complaint or indictment. Commonwealth v. Jennings, 121 Mass. 47. The complaint in this case sets forth a complete offence; if the defendant is within any of the exceptions, it is matter of defence.
Exceptions overruled.
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