Hollingsworth v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Evidence. Liquor. Before Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Fulton Superior Court. March Term, 1887. The evidence set out in the petition for certiorari was, in brief, as follows: A city detective saw one Brown, a soldier, take a bottle from one of defendants and give what he supposed to be money to the defendant. He asked Brown- if he did not get a bottle from the store. Brown replied yes, and handed the bottle to the detective, who tasted of its contents.
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Evidence. Liquor. Before Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Fulton Superior Court. March Term, 1887. The evidence set out in the petition for certiorari was, in brief, as follows: A city detective saw one Brown, a soldier, take a bottle from one of defendants and give what he supposed to be money to the defendant. He asked Brown- if he did not get a bottle from the store. Brown replied yes, and handed the bottle to the detective, who tasted of its contents. It tasted like corn whiskey, but the detective did not swallow any of it. ' Soon after-wards, the detective saw one of defendants give a colored…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
These applicants for certiorari were tried before the city recorder of Atlanta, found guilty and sentenced to pay a *505fine of $250 each, or serve thirty days in the manual labor department of the city. The charge was the keeping of spirituous and malt liquors for unlawful sale. The petition sets out what purports to be the evidence. The judge of the superior court refused to sanction the petition and to order the writ of certiorari to issue, and that is the error complained of.
We have looked into the case carefully, and have come to the conclusion that the certiorari…
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