Ecker v. City of Cincinnati

OPINION

By HAMILTON, J.

The first question raised by the plaintiff in error challenges the right of the Chief of Police to suspend him under the circumstances. Plaintiff in error Ecker attacks the suspension on the ground that he did nothing to cause the suspension, that he was presumed innocent of crime until proven guilty, and that in view of the nolle prosequi of the indictment it is an admission that he was not guilty at the time of his suspension of the charge in the indictment. This in effect challenges the discretion of the Chief of Police, who has under the laws of the city the power of…