SPRATLEY, Justice.
James E. Rich, Jr., hereinafter called the defendant, was found guilty by a jury of violating the Sunday Law, Virginia Code 1950, § 18-329, as amended by Acts 1954, chapter 131, and fined $100. The warrant upon which he was tried charged the defendant with laboring at his trade or calling by operating a retail grocery store on Sunday, June 12, 1955. It negatived the fact that he was engaged in household work or other work of necessity.
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