Lerch v. City of Sandusky

The plaintiff in error was convicted in the municipal court of the city of San-dusky on a charge of disorderly conduct. Within three days after he was found guilty and sentenced he filed a motion in arrest of judgment, which raised the question of the sufficiency of the affidavit. The motion in arrest was overruled. Thereupon he prosecuted error to the court of common pleas of Erie county, which affirmed the judgment. This proceeding in error is brought to reverse the judgment of the courts below and to secure the discharge of the defendant upon the ground that the affidavit does not state…