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The Portland Gazette
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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In Nantucket, a man repeatedly prosecuted for working on the Sabbath refuses fines, goes to prison, and is bailed out by friends, persisting in defiance of laws and endangering public morality.
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part of the Lord's day in his mechanical avocation,
to the disturbance of his neighbors and in
defiance of the good and wholesome laws which
provide for the due observance of the Sabbath,
has lately been prosecuted by the Tythingmen
of Nantucket. Claiming the privilege of doing
what seemed right in his own eyes, he refused
to pay the fine imposed upon him and was committed
to prison. At this he set up the cry of
persecution, and his friends, as destitute of morality
as himself, raised a purse and liberated him.
This has been repeated the second time, and he
still persists in his design, to the no small danger
of sapping the foundation of morality and good
order. These modern free-thinkers, who "neither
fear God nor regard man," in thus attempting
to maintain their own fancied rights, evince a
most sovereign contempt for the rights of others.
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Nantucket
Event Date
Lately
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prosecuted by the tythingmen, fined, committed to prison, liberated by friends' purse, repeated the second time
Event Details
A man employing the greatest part of the Lord's day in his mechanical avocation, disturbing neighbors and defying Sabbath laws, was prosecuted by the Tythingmen of Nantucket. He refused to pay the fine, was committed to prison, cried persecution, and was liberated by his friends who raised a purse. This has been repeated the second time, and he persists, endangering morality and good order.