Beavers v. Inman

James L. Beavers, chief of police of the City of Atlanta, was tried by the police committee of the general council of that municipality upon charges preferred by Edward H. Inman, a member of the committee. The accusation was in four counts, styled and set forth as “specifications” 1, 3, 3, and 4. Count 1 charged in general terms the violation of rule 33 of the police department, which provided that the chief of police “will, as often as possible, pay frequent visits at unusual hours to various portions of the city, that he may be able to know, of his own knowledge, that the officers and men…