State v. Crites
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Greene Criminal Court: — Hon. G. H. SJcinker, Judge. (1) The title to the act ill the case at bar is sufficiently broad to embrace the provisions prohibiting the acceptance of compensation upon a contingent basis.
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Appeal from Greene Criminal Court: — Hon. G. H. SJcinker, Judge. (1) The title to the act ill the case at bar is sufficiently broad to embrace the provisions prohibiting the acceptance of compensation upon a contingent basis. Sec. 8150, E. S. 1909; Laws 1907, p. 351; State v. Smith, 233 Mo. 255; Bishop on Statutory Crimes (3 Ed.), sec. 36a; 1 Sutherland on Statutory Constr. sec. 131; In re Burris, 66 Mo. 446; State ex rel. v. County Court, 128 Mo. 441; State v. Cantrell, 179 Mo. 245. (a) It is not necessary for the title to embrace the limitations contained in the body of the act. 36 Cyc.…
1Opinion of the Court
WHITE, C.
The defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Greene County on the charge of entering into a contract to promote the’passage of a certain bill in the 49th General Assembly for a compensation of ’twenty-five hundred dollars, the payment of which'was contingent upon the final enactment into law of the said measure — contrary to Section 8150, Revised Statutes 1909. The defendant filed a motion to quash the indictment on several grounds, and the motion was sustained. The State appealed from the final judgment thereupon entered.
In the motion to quash the indictment it is urged among…
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