City of Toledo v. Johnson

The defendant' wras arrested and tried in Municipal Court on an affidavit charging that “on or about the 2nd day of February, 1938, at the said city and county, one George Johnson did unlawfully- engage in a game of chance for money, to wit, number'game, contrary to an ordinance” etc.

The defendant was found guilty and fined and on appeal to Common Pleas Court the judgment was affirmed. This appeal is prosecuted to reverse those judgments, and the errors assigned are the refusal of the trial court to grant the application of defendant for a trial by jury; the overruling of defendant’s demurrer…