Lehon v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
The question in the case is the validity of ordinances of the City of Atlanta, Georgia,' which subject the business of a private detective or detective agency to police supervision and provide that no person shall carry on such business without being first recommended by the Board of Police Commissioners and taking the oath of a city detective and giving a bond in .the sum of $1,000 as prescribed by the ordinances. •
Plaintiff in error was convicted in the recorder’s court of the. city of a violation of the ordinances and sentenced to pay a fine, with the alternative of imprisonment. Under the…
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