Legal Opinion

Keck v. City of Cincinnati

Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Hamilton County

Decided July 1, 1896Published

Heard on error from the Police Court of Cincinnati.

1Opinion of the CourtHollister, J.

The ony question submitted was whether or not the judgment of conviction in the court below should be reversed because the bill of exceptions does not show that the ordinance for the violation of which the plaintiff in error was convicted was introduced in evidence at the trial. The defendant below introduced no evidence and moved in arrest of judgment. That courts will not take judicial notice of the existence or contents of municipal ordinances is well settled: City of Austin v. Walton, 5 S. W., 70; Garland v. City of Denver, 19 Pac., 460; Railroad Co. v. Young, 7 S. E. 912; Bank v. Mayor,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Hanley v. DonoghueSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  2. Western & Atlantic Railroad v. YoungSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
  3. City of Austin v. WaltonTexas Supreme Court · 1887
  4. City of St. Louis v. RocheSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
  5. Downing v. City of MiltonvaleSupreme Court of Kansas · 1887

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