Lyons v. Collier
Supreme Court of Georgia
Habeas corpus. Before Judge Reid. City court of Atlanta. January 17, 1906. Section 1777 of the city code of Atlanta provides that “any person who, during the sitting of police court, or during a session of the council or general council, or board of aldermen, shall be guilty of contempt of court, or of council, or refuses to abide by any sentence or order of said court or .council aforesaid, shall be lined in a sum not exceeding fifty dolla-rs and costs, or confinement in…
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Habeas corpus. Before Judge Reid. City court of Atlanta. January 17, 1906. Section 1777 of the city code of Atlanta provides that “any person who, during the sitting of police court, or during a session of the council or general council, or board of aldermen, shall be guilty of contempt of court, or of council, or refuses to abide by any sentence or order of said court or .council aforesaid, shall be lined in a sum not exceeding fifty dolla-rs and costs, or confinement in the station-house, or both, as shall seem expedient or proper under the circumstances.” Under the section quoted, Gertrude…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
The three ordinances quoted in the statement of facts, in so far as consistent in their provisions, are to be construed together. All are directed against offenders of the city laws, and all relate, among other things, to the enforcement of penalfies for the violation of the city ordinances. Under section 1777 •of the municipal code, it was in the power of the court, by its sentence, to have imposed a fine and also confinement in the station-house. Upon the imposition of such a sentence by the court, the defendant could have served her term in the station-house, and ■omitted to pay the fine,…
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