Scott v. State

ALLEN, J.:

1. Under Section 12823, General Code, “whoever being ... a state or other officer . . . solicits or ‘accepts any valuable or beneficial thing to influence him with respect to his official duty,” is guilty of a felony. A substantial favor asked by a public official in return for the official’s promise to give protection in illicit traffic in intoxicating liquors is a “valuable thing” within the meaning of the statute.

2. Improper remarks of counsel for the state during argument, unless so flagrantly improper as to prevent a ’fair trial, should be at once objected to and exception…