Holub v. State

Section 1579-519, General Code, relating to the municipal court of Akron, provides that all criminal cases “shall be tried to the court unless a trial by jury is demanded by a party,” etc. Since no such demand was made in this case, the municipal court proceeded to try the defendant without the intervention of a jury. It is now contended by counsel for defendant, present plaintiff in error, that this special procedural statute relating to the municipal court of Akron has been abrogated or superseded by the new Criminal Code adopted and made effective July 21, 1929. In substance the effect of…