State v. Byrnes

The State, by indictment, charged Edward F. Byrnes, defendant, with the misdemeanor of soliciting a bribe. Trial to a jury resulted in a verdict of guilty.

The undisputed facts are that defendant was a member of the House of Representatives of the Sixty-first General Assembly; that he was a member of the committee on insurance thereof; and that there was referred to said committee for its consideration certain proposed legislation known as Senate Amendment to Committee Substitute for Senate Bills Numbers 80 and 129, as amended.

The kernel of the indictment is the charge that, on the ____ day of…