Walter v. City of Bowling

In this case an affidavit was filed with the mayor of the city of Bowling Green, Ohio, charging the plaintiff in error, William W. Walters, with violating a certain ordinance which prohibited the conveyance of nitro-glycerine through the city. Various proceedings were had attacking the affidavits and so forth that we need not give attention to. The matter finally came to a point where the plaintiff in error entered a plea of not guilty, the evidence of certain witnesses was adduced, and he was convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of a hundred dollars and stand committed to the workhouse at…