Case Name: F. W. Widmer v. State of Ohio
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1924-01-15
Citations: 2 Ohio Law Abs. 67
Docket Number: No. 17863
Parties: F. W. Widmer v. State of Ohio.
Judges: Marshall, C. J., Robinson, Matthias and Allen, JJ., concur. Jones and Day, JJ., dissent from proposition 3 of the syllabus and from the judgment.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 2
Pages: 67–67

Head Matter:
No. 42
No. 17863
F. W. Widmer v. State of Ohio.
Error to Court of Appeals of Stark county.
313. CRIMINAL LAW — Statutes áre to be reasonably construed — Where meaning is clear, nothing for court to construe — Words “at a target,” etc., in statute 12635 GC., as to shooting at a target, qualifies both shooting and firing either gun or pistol.

Opinion:
WANAMAKER, J.
1. Criminal statutes are sti.ctly but reasonably construed in determining what offenses are included within them, and whether or not the essential facts stated in the eharge constitute an offense under such statute.
2. Where such statute is clear as to its meaning, taking the entire context at its four corners, there is nothing for a court to construe.
3. Section 12635, General Code, by means of the words "at a target within the limits of a municipal corporation," qualifies both shooting and firing either gun .or pistol. .
Judgment reversed.
Marshall, C. J., Robinson, Matthias and Allen, JJ., concur. Jones and Day, JJ., dissent from proposition 3 of the syllabus and from the judgment.