State Ex Rel. Murphy v. Woodard

Ohio Supreme Court

State Ex Rel. Murphy v. Woodard

18 N.E.2d 270, 134 Ohio St. 521, 134 Ohio St. (N.S.) 521, 13 Ohio Op. 134, 1938 Ohio LEXIS 240

CourtOhio Supreme Court

DecidedDecember 7, 1938

Docket27336

StatusPublished

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State Ex Rel. Murphy v. Woodard, 18 N.E.2d 270, 134 Ohio St. 521, 134 Ohio St. (N.S.) 521, 13 Ohio Op. 134, 1938 Ohio LEXIS 240 (Ohio 1938).

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This cause came on to be heard on the petition and the evidence, and was argued by counsel for the relator and 'by the Attorney General of the state of Ohio, by his assistant, Will P. Stephenson, appearing on behalf of the respondents; on consideration whereof and on the consent of the Attorney General of the state of Ohio, the court finds in favor of the relator and that a *522 peremptory writ of mandamus should be allowed, as prayed for in the petition.

It is, therefore, ordered and adjudged that a peremptory writ of mandamus issue, commanding the respondents, James C. Woodard, as Warden of the Ohio Penitentiary, and August F. Ptak, as Deputy Warden of the Ohio Penitentiary, to permit the relator, Mark Murphy, in his capacity as reporter for the Columbus Citizen, to be present at the execution of Anna Marie Hahn, at the Ohio Penitentiary, on the 7th day of December, 1938.

Writ allowed.

Weygandt, C. J., Matthias, Dixon, Day, Zimmerman, Williams and Myers, JJ., concur.

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This cause came on to be heard on the petition and the evidence, and was argued by counsel for the relator and 'by the Attorney General of the state of Ohio, by his assistant, Will P. Stephenson, appearing on behalf of the respondents; on consideration whereof and on the consent of the Attorney General of the state of Ohio, the court finds in favor of the relator and that a *522 peremptory writ of mandamus should be allowed, as prayed for in the petition.

It is, therefore, ordered and adjudged that a peremptory writ of mandamus issue, commanding the respondents, James C. Woodard, as Warden of the Ohio Penitentiary, and August F. Ptak, as Deputy Warden of the Ohio Penitentiary, to permit the relator, Mark Murphy, in his capacity as reporter for the Columbus Citizen, to be present at the execution of Anna Marie Hahn, at the Ohio Penitentiary, on the 7th day of December, 1938.

Writ allowed.

Weygandt, C. J., Matthias, Dixon, Day, Zimmerman, Williams and Myers, JJ., concur.

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18 N.E.2d 270, 134 Ohio St. 521, 134 Ohio St. (N.S.) 521, 13 Ohio Op. 134, 1938 Ohio LEXIS 240, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/state-ex-rel-murphy-v-woodard-ohio-1938.