Case Name: HAWKINS v. STATE
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1926-03-01
Citations: 4 Ohio Law Abs. 663
Docket Number: No. 6643
Parties: HAWKINS v. STATE
Judges: Judges Mauck, Sayre & Middleton, 4th Dist., sitting.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 4
Pages: 663–663

Head Matter:
HAWKINS v. STATE
Ohio Appeals, 8th Dist., Cuyahoga Co.
No. 6643.
Decided March 1, 1926
Judges Mauck, Sayre & Middleton, 4th Dist., sitting.
Attorneys — Carpenter & Smith for Hawkins; Jacob Stacel for State; all of Cleveland.

Opinion:
MIDDLETON, J.
R. R. Hawkins, a Justice of Peace in Cuyahoga County, was convicted in the Cleveland -Municipal Court of the crime of extortion. He seeks to set aside this conviction, alleging that the judgment was contrary to the evidence and that the court had no jurisdiction. The Court of Appeals held:
1. Testimony being given to the fact that the crime charged occurred in Cleveland, gave the court jurisdiction.
2. Evidence clearly shows that Hawkins accepted a check for dismissing a charge of selling intoxicating liquor, and that neither the charge or the amount received was ever docketed.
.Judgment therefore affirmed.