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Petitioner was arrested and held in jail awaiting trial on a criminal charge for refusing to permit building inspectors to enter and inspect his home without a search warrant, as required by § 806-30(a) of the Dayton, Ohio, Code of General Ordinances. On review of habeas corpus proceedings in the lower state courts, the Supreme Court of Ohio sustained the constitutionality of the ordinance.

Held: the judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.

Reported below: 168 Ohio St. 123, 151 N.E.2d 523.