Austin v. City of Atlanta

The defendant, LeRoy Austin, was arrested and tried in the Recorder’s Court of the City of Atlanta for violating the following ordinance (Code, City of Atlanta, 1942, § 66-201): “It shall be unlawful for any person to act in a violent, turbulent, quarrelsome, boisterous, indecent or disorderly manner, or to use profane, vulgar or obscene language, or to do anything tending to disturb the good order, morals,’ peace or dignity of the city.” The defendant was convicted, and petitioned the Superior Court of Fulton County for a writ of certiorari. His petition was sanctioned, but upon a hearing…