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COMMONWEALTH v. CHAMBERLAIN

343 Mass. 49 (1961)

175 N.E.2d 486

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOSEPH A. CHAMBERLAIN (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

June 19, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan M. Hale, (Albert T. Maddigan with him,) for the defendants.

John R. Wheatley, District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WILLIAMS, WHITTEMORE, & CUTTER, JJ.

WILKINS, C.J.

Each defendant is charged in a complaint that on December 13, 1959, he "did on the Lord's day keep open his shop for the purpose of doing business or work. Ch. 136, Sec. 5." Waiving a jury, they were tried on a statement of agreed facts, were found guilty, and have appealed.

Each defendant "is the owner and operator of [a] coin-operated automatic laundry" in Middleboro. On Sunday, December 13, 1959, the "place of business" of each defendant was...

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