Chester v. Lanford

1. The ordinance of the City of Atlanta embodied in the city code, § 1537, is not exhaustive on the subject of penalties which i may be imposed for a violation of the same, but is to be considered in connection with the ordinance embraced in § 1779. Therefore, on the trial of an application for habeas corpus, .involving the question of the legality of a sentence imposed for a violation of § 1537, it was not error to allow the answer of the respondent to be amended by setting up the provisions of § 1779 for the purpose of having the same considered in connection with those of § 1537 as showing…