McClary v. State

In May, 1961, McClary was convicted in the Criminal Court of Hamilton County as a professional gambler. Upon this conviction the District Attorney General filed the present proceeding to forfeit McClary’s Thunderbird Ford automobile allegedly used in the furtherance of McClary’s avocation as a professional gambler. This action was filed pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 234 of the Public Acts of 1955, which has been codified and is found in the Supplement to the Code in sec. 39-2031, et seq. This Act is commonly known under the name of its author as the Johnson Act.

The trial court and the…