New York § 13 - 13Maliciously serving process on Saturday on person who keeps Saturday as holy time
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§ 13. 13Maliciously serving process on Saturday on person who keeps Saturday as holy time
§ 13. Maliciously serving process on Saturday on person who keeps Saturday as holy time. Whoever maliciously procures any process in a civil action to be served on Saturday, upon any person who keeps Saturday as holy time, and does not labor on that day, or serves upon him any process returnable on that day, or maliciously procures any civil action to which such person is a party to be adjourned to that day for trial, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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