Kneeland v. Connally
Supreme Court of Georgia
Municipal Corporations. Officers. Police. Criminal Law. Before Judge Hillyer. Fulton Superior Court. April Term, 1882. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff in error ruled the defendant in the superior court for detaining certain tables which had been seized when the plaintiff in error was arrested by virtue of a warrant from the mayor of Atlanta to arrest him. Defendant in error was chief of police of the city of Atlanta.
1. We know of no law by which the chief of police of the city of Atlanta can be ruled by the superior court. *425There could, if there be no such law, be no error in discharging the rule.
2. When the defendant was arrested, the chief of police forcibly entered the room suspected to be used for…
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