A SINGULAR CASE.
The Jewish iYorld says that, recently at Hull the stipendary magistrate had before him a singular case. A Jew was summoned, under an Act passed in the time of Charles 11., for working on Sunday. It appeared that his next door neighbour had complained to the police about the annoyance he suffered through the defendant, who is a tailor, using his sewing machine on Sundays, and as the defendant refused to discontinue working, he was now summoned. Defendant maintained that, under the Workshops Act, he could work if he chose, if he kept his own Sabbath. The magistrate decided that defondant had broken the law, as his work was "not necessary for a charitable purpose." He ordered the defendant to pay (the^oosts.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5490, 21 June 1879, Page 7
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