Legal Opinion
Williams v. Jenkins
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 13, 1954No. 18643PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Duckworth, Chief Justice.
However strongly as individuals we may believe fortune-telling is a fake and a fraud upon all who patronize it, we would be slow to say judicially that it is such. Indeed we are neither familiar with the basis upon which the ability to tell fortunes is claimed, nor are we able to read the human mind. Deciding this case, however, does not require us to know whether or not fortune-telling is a fake and a fraud. The action was to secure the release from custody after trial, conviction, and sentence for a violation of a city ordinance which, in substance, provides that it…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Mitchell v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
- Moore v. City of ThomasvilleCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1915
- Deberry v. LagrangeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1940
- State v. NeitzelWashington Supreme Court · 1912
- Cosgrove v. City Council of AugustaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
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3Cited by3 opinions
- White v. AdamsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1961
- In Re BarthaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1976
- Hart v. ColumbusCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1972