Carr v. City of Conyers
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Evidence. Municipal corporations. Before Judge Boynton. Rockdale county. At chambers, May 29, 1889. Ike Carr was brought before the mayor of Conyers charged with “quarrelling, cursing and acting otherwise disorderly” in the corporate limits of Conyers, on May 1, 1889. On May 21, 1889, he was found .guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of $10 and costs, and upon failure to pay the same, that he work in the city chain-gang for 25 days, and then be discharged.
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Criminal law. Evidence. Municipal corporations. Before Judge Boynton. Rockdale county. At chambers, May 29, 1889. Ike Carr was brought before the mayor of Conyers charged with “quarrelling, cursing and acting otherwise disorderly” in the corporate limits of Conyers, on May 1, 1889. On May 21, 1889, he was found .guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of $10 and costs, and upon failure to pay the same, that he work in the city chain-gang for 25 days, and then be discharged. On his trial before the mayor one Jones testified that, in front of a furniture store of a Mr. Tucker,'defendant met him on…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
1. The charge on which Carr was tried by the mayor was for “quarrelling, cursing and acting otherwise disqrderly.” It may be assumed that the city had a valid ordinance embracing the matters of this charge, as nothing to the contrary is alleged in the petition for certiorari. Phillips v. Atlanta, 78 Ga. 773. The evidence upon which the mayor founded his judgment is correctly set out in the official report. Did that evidence establish the charge? It shows no disorderly conduct on the part of Carr otherwise than by the use of words. Did his vituperative and threatening…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Brieswick v. Mayor of BrunswickSupreme Court of Georgia · 1874
- Phillips v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
- Cobb v. Mayor of DaltonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1874
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