City of Columbus v. Rader

Defendant was tried and sentenced in the Municipal Court of Colnmbus for the violation of Section 1309a of the ordinances of the city in that, as a driver of an automobile, he unlawfully “failed to yield to traffic on the right, causing accident.”

Five errors are assigned, which may be encompassed in two, namely: Did the city make proof of any offense by the defendant and is the judgment against the manifest weight of the evidence ?

The affidavit does not make reference to any specific ordinance but in general terms charges that the defendant acted contrary to the ordinances of the city’ in…