Lyndhurst City v. Beaumont

OPINION

By THOMAS, J.

Convicted of the crime of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor by a jury in the Lyndhurst Municipal Court the defendant appeals. He was charged under a Lyndhurst ordinance, which, in words substantially identical with §4511.19 R. C., provides that “no person who is under the influence of intoxicating liquor . . . shall operate any vehicle . . . within the city.”

His first assignment of error complains that the trial court lacked jurisdiction because no warrant was issued to charge him with an offense. This renews a complaint that was the basis of a…