Case Name: Harold L. Hilton, Police Justice, etc., v. the State, ex rel. Charles Bell, Prosecuting Attorney, etc.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1923
Citations: 1 Ohio Law Abs. 467
Docket Number: No. 17890
Parties: Harold L. Hilton, Police Justice, etc., v. the State, ex rel. Charles Bell, Prosecuting Attorney, etc.
Judges: Wanamaker, Robinson, Matthias, Day and Allen, JJ., concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 1
Pages: 467–467

Head Matter:
No. 17890
Harold L. Hilton, Police Justice, etc., v. the State, ex rel. Charles Bell, Prosecuting Attorney, etc.
Error to the Court of Appeals of Hamilton county.
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS — Police justice, not to be apponited by council under 4544 GC.

Opinion:
ROBINSON, J.
The provisions of Section 4544, General Code (98 OL. 159), to the extent of conferring power upon the council of a municipality to appoint a police justice, are unconstitutional and therefore void.
Judgment affirmemd.
Wanamaker, Robinson, Matthias, Day and Allen, JJ., concur.