State v. Harries

LATIMER, Justice.

The defendant, Robert S. Harries, who was Chief of the Enforcement Division of the Utah Liquor Control Commission, was charged by indictment with the crime of receiving a bribe. He was found guilty as charged and appeals from the judgment of conviction. His assignments of error or statement of points will be referred to later.

Section 103 — 26—4, U. C. A. 1943, defines the offense as follows:

“Every executive officer, or person elected or appointed to an executive office, who asks, receives or agrees to receive any bribe, upon any agreement or understanding that his vote,…