Loeb v. Jennings
Supreme Court of Georgia
The Court of Appeals certified to this court the following questions : (1) Samuel Loeb was convicted in the recorder’s court of the City of Atlanta for a violation of section 1537 of the city code of Atlanta, which was adopted by the city council on June 21, 1886, and is in the following language: "Any person, firm, or corporation who shall keep for unlawful sale in any store, house, room, office, cellar, stand, booth, stall, or other place, or shall have contained for…
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The Court of Appeals certified to this court the following questions : (1) Samuel Loeb was convicted in the recorder’s court of the City of Atlanta for a violation of section 1537 of the city code of Atlanta, which was adopted by the city council on June 21, 1886, and is in the following language: "Any person, firm, or corporation who shall keep for unlawful sale in any store, house, room, office, cellar, stand, booth, stall, or other place, or shall have contained for unlawful sale in any barrel, keg, demijohn, or other package, any spirituous, fermented, or malt liquors for such sale,…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
1. One ordinance provided that the violator of it might be punished by a fine not exceeding $500, or imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court; the other, that, upon conviction in the recorder’s court, “it shall be discretionary with the court to punish such offenders by ordering them to work on the streets or public works of the city, under the supervision of the proper officer,” etc. So far as the ordinances could confer the authority, there can be no doubt that they did so.
The section of the charter of the City of Atlanta which is quoted by the Court…
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