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|Text=<p>"Turning now from these serious offences against public order, we find accounts of numerous violations common to most communities, even at the present day. These acts varied in the degree of their gravity. From the court records we learn of such minor offenders as Joseph and Edward Anderson, who were arrested for grievously assaulting a watchman who was marching them to the guard house ''for playing with a bat and ball during the time of divine service.''1</p> | |Text=<p>"Turning now from these serious offences against public order, we find accounts of numerous violations common to most communities, even at the present day. These acts varied in the degree of their gravity. From the court records we learn of such minor offenders as Joseph and Edward Anderson, who were arrested for grievously assaulting a watchman who was marching them to the guard house ''for playing with a bat and ball during the time of divine service.''1</p> | ||
|Sources=<p> | |Sources=<p><span class="breaker-breaker" style="font-size: 10pt;">George Edwards, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York as an Eighteenth Century Municipality, 1731-1776. </span>(Columbia University Press, 1917), pp 116-117</span> </p> | ||
|Submitted by=John Thorn | |Submitted by=John Thorn | ||
|Submission Note=Email of 1/20/2023 | |Submission Note=Email of 1/20/2023 | ||
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Two New Yorkers Get Guard House for Ballplaying At Time of Religious Rites
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| Location | New YorkNew York |
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| Text | "Turning now from these serious offences against public order, we find accounts of numerous violations common to most communities, even at the present day. These acts varied in the degree of their gravity. From the court records we learn of such minor offenders as Joseph and Edward Anderson, who were arrested for grievously assaulting a watchman who was marching them to the guard house for playing with a bat and ball during the time of divine service.1 |
| Sources | George Edwards, New York as an Eighteenth Century Municipality, 1731-1776. (Columbia University Press, 1917), pp 116-117 |
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| Submitted by | John Thorn |
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1738.1 Two New Yorkers Get Guard House for Ballplaying At Time of Religious Rites"
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