Case Name: FREEMAN v. CITY OF ATLANTA
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1916-10-18
Citations: 18 Ga. App. 696
Docket Number: 7681
Parties: FREEMAN v. CITY OF ATLANTA.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 18
Pages: 696–697

Head Matter:
7681.
FREEMAN v. CITY OF ATLANTA.
Without regard to the hearsay testimony admitted on the trial, the judgment of the recorder, finding the accused guilty of a violation of the city ordinance as to the keeping of liquors for sale, was demanded by the evidence. The error in admitting hearsay testimony was therefore immaterial.
Decided October 18, 1916.
Certiorari; from Fulton superior court — Judge Pendleton. May 17, 1916.
Hughes Roberts, for plaintiff in error.
J. L. Mayson, 8. D. Hewlett, contra.

Opinion:
Hodges, J.
Plaintiff in error was convicted on March 1, 1916, before the recorder of the City of Atlanta under an ordinance reading as follows: "Any person, firm, or corporation who shall keep for unlawful sale in any store, house, room, office, cellar, stand, booth, stall or other place, or shall have contained for unlawful sale in any barrel, keg, can, demijohn, or other package, any spirituous, fermented, or malt liquors for such sale, shall, on conviction, be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or, in the discretion of said recorder, such offenders may be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and labor on the public works for not exceeding thirty days." He excepted by certiorari, and the court overruled the certiorari. While it is true that the recorder may have erred in admitting certain hearsay testimony upon the trial, the other evidence in the case demanded a finding of guilty, and the judge of the superior court did not err in overruling the certiorari. Judgment affirmed.