CITY OF EAST CLEVELAND v. PRATT

No. 40378.

10 Ohio St. 2d 75 (1967)

CITY OF EAST CLEVELAND, APPELLANT, v. PRATT, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 12, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Donald K. Barclay, for appellant.

Mr. Lincoln R. Thorman, for appellee.


O'NEILL, J.

The sole question presented to this court is the construction and legislative intent of the ordinance.

The ordinance provides in pertinent part:

"No person shall knowingly give a false * * * report to the police department * * * with intent to mislead * * * such officer * * *."

The facts are undisputed. The defendant violated the ordinance. In her confession she said: "* * * I called the police and told them a man had broken into...

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