Case Name: STATE v. TEFANOV
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1923-07-20
Citations: 1 Ohio Law Abs. 751
Docket Number: No. 487
Parties: STATE v. TEFANOV
Judges: 
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 1
Pages: 751–751

Head Matter:
No. 766
STATE v. TEFANOV
Ohio Appeals, 2nd District, Montgomery County
No. 487.
Decided July 20, 1923
225, INTOXICATING LIQUORS.
Proof of liquor law violation — Conflict of testimony.
Attorneys1 — A. H. Scharrer and P. J. Workman, for State; F. W. Kreehbiel, for Tefanov.'

Opinion:
ALLREAD, J.
Epitomized - Opinion
Tefanov was convicted in the Dayton Municipal Court of possessing intoxicating liquors. The Common Pleas reversed the judgment and discharged Tefanov. He kept a soft drink place which officers entered and there purchased whiskey. Tefanov was not present at that; time. Later in the day the officers returned and requested drinks but were refused by Tefanov. They testified that he emptied a quart container in the sink and they salvaged s.ome of this, which upon analysis was found to contain 14.5% alcohol. Tefanov testified in his own defense and called certain other witnesses. In reversing' the Common Pleas and sustaining the conviction of the Municipal Court, the Court of Appeals held: '
1. 'There was a conflict of testimony, but we are unable to find that the finding and judgment of the Municipal Court was against the manifest weight of the evidence."