Worth v. Borough of Atlanta

Clyde Worth was tried in the recorder’s court of Atlanta, on April 30, 1931, for a violation of section 20 of “the electrical code of ordinances and rules of 1930,” said section being as follows: “Any person, firm, or corporation found doing electrical work in the Borough of Atlanta without such license shall be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars ($100), or imprisonment for thirty (30) days, either or both penalties to be inflicted in the discretion of the recorder.” Worth was found guilty by the recorder, and sentenced to serve thirty days in the stockade or pay a fine of one hundred…