Allen v. Jennings

Applicant for habeas corpus was convicted, in the recorder’s court of the City of Atlanta, of a violation of an ordinance prohibiting “any person to carry intoxicating liquor or beer on his person for the purpose of unlawful sale, or to carry same around the streets for the purpose of unlawful sale.” He was sentenced to pay a fine of $500.00 and costs, or work on the streets or public works of the citv for thirty days under the direction of the superintendent of public works. He alleged that he was illegally detained under this sentence, by being confined in the city stockade where he was…