City of Dayton v. Thomas

Defendant, appellant herein, was found guilty by a jury and sentenced in the Dayton Municipal Court on two charges of assault against two men, Lieutenant Hockaday and Fireman Engle of the Inspection Bureau of the Division of Fire. The judgments were affirmed by the Court of Common Pleas and are now here on appeals on questions of law.

These two members of the Division of Fire testified that they had been on routine inspection duty in the vicinity of a double house known as 222-224 Proctor Street and had, according to their testimony, come to that address and made inquiry as to the person in…