Case Name: Koch v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1895-10-29
Citations: 53 Ohio St. 433
Docket Number: 
Parties: Koch v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 53
Pages: 433–433

Head Matter:
Koch v. The State.
Conviction before mayor under ordinance — Not bar to prosecution for same act under statute.
A former conviction before a mayor for the violation of an ordinance is not a bar to the prosecution of an information charging- the same act as a violation of a statute.
(Decided October 29, 1895.)
■ Error to the circuit court of Summit county.
Welsh (& Satoyer, for plaintiff in error.
Samuel G. Rogers, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
By the Court.
In the probate court an information was filed against the plaintiff in error charging him with a misdemeanor, it being an offense against a statute. To this he pleaded in bar a' former conviction before the mayor of Akron for the same act, it being also a violation of an ordinance of said city. A demurrer to the plea was sustained.
The ruling is in accord with the general course of decisions. Bloomfield v. Trimble, 54 Iowa, 399; Minnesota v. Zee, 29 Minn. 445; Robbins v. The People, 95 Ill., 175; Colley's Const. Lim., 239.
Judgment affirmed.