Hardaway v. City of Atlanta

Hardaway was convicted in the recorder’s court for violating what is commonly known as the “traveling blind tiger” ordinance, and on certiorari his conviction was sustained. The question presented is only one of fact — Is there any evidence to sustain the finding of the recorder ?

Substantially stated, the evidence is as follows: Hardaway was seen by a policeman of the city of Atlanta to deliver a bottle to a white man on a stairway at No. 60% Decatur street. He was also seen by another officer to deliver “something” to another white man in an alley around the corner from 60% Decatur street,…