Cronic v. State

Admand, Justice.

Floyd G. Hoard, as Solicitor General of the Piedmont Judicial Circuit for and in behalf of the State of Georgia, brought his petition against Ed Cronic and his agent Pink Abner to show cause why the place of business owned and operated by Cronic in Jackson County “near the city limits of Hoschton, Georgia,” should not be temporarily and permanently padlocked as provided by law. It was alleged in the petition “that the defendant knowingly maintains and uses the aforementioned establishment and premises for the purpose of storing, selling, and dispensing liquor and other…