Summary

Recznik v. City of Lorain — Opinion of the Court

Micjan explained the presence of the money and dice table in this illuminating way: The money, $213, he had found on the street in a purse; the large dice table had been brought to him by strangers and left in his 'apartment.' The moment Kochan (who had been invited by Recznik to come to the 'party') saw all these gambling paraphernalia, saw the people with money in their hands crying out in gambler's language 'I fade you,' he stated that all there were under arrest. That was his duty. Ohio law provides that an officer seeing a person committing a misdemeanor has a duty to arrest.
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Recznik v. City of Lorain — Opinion of the Court

While the bottom floor was dark, the upstairs, where the gambling paraphernalia were located, was well lighted. They saw about 40 to 50 automobiles parked in the front and rear of the building. They observed men coming in cars, getting out, going up the back stairs, and entering the upstairs rooms without any difficulty whatever. They observed someone upstairs peeping at them through venetian blinds and shortly thereafter petitioner Recznik came out and talked with them. Recznik did not then or at any time order the officers not to come up.
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