Thompson v. City of Atlanta

1. It is declared in the Penal Code, § 416: “Any person who shall pursue his business or the work of his ordinary calling on the Lord’s day, works of necessity or charity only excepted, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.” Where the business or work of ordinary calling of a person is that of manager of a moving-picture theatre, such employment is not ordinarily a “work of necessity” within the meaning of that Code section. The case differs on its facts from Williams v. State, 167 Ga. 160 (144 S. E. 745), in which it was held: “In the light of modern-day methods of traveling by automobile,' the…