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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Michigan · May 5, 1885

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 62, No. 18

SUNDAY LAW IN CANADA.

The friends of Sunday in this country will feel like giving three cheers to their Canadian friends for their promptness in arresting Sunday desecrators in the Dominion.

The troubles in the North-west have naturally caused a great deal of excitement throughout all the eastern portion of Canada. Men have been waiting for the news hour by hour. Under these circumstances some enterprising publishers of Toronto introduced a Sunday issue of their journals. The intention to do this coming to the attention of the police, the following notice was served upon them on Saturday, April 4:—

CHIEF CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, TORONTO, Apr. 4, '85. Sir:—My attention having been called to the announcement made in some of the city papers of the intention on their part to sell and dispose of an issue of their journals on Sunday (to-morrow), I wish to inform you that such a course is in direct contravention of the Lord's Day Act and render all such offenders liable to arrest and prosecution, and upon conviction to fine and imprisonment. I have the honor to be, sir, “Your obedient servant, J. C. Draper, Chief Constable, Toronto.”

Most of the publishers issued their papers nevertheless, and were promptly notified on Monday morning to appear in the Police Court. Several boys who were selling copies were also arrested.