Thrower v. City of Atlanta

The plaintiffs in error, Thrower and Jones, were tried in the recorder’s court of the City of Atlanta for the alleged violation of a municipal ordinance of which the following is a copy: “It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, agent or employee thereof, to maintain or carry on any office or place of business, or to have a space or portion of the office, store, or place of business of another, or to maintain a place or point of meeting, in or at which any person or persons is or are allowed to bet, or offer to bet, or place an order for a bet, or telegraph or telephone…