The PEOPLE v. Clemons

The defendants, George Young and Mose Clemons, deputy sheriffs of Cook County, were indicted in five counts for the crime of bribery. Both waived a jury, were tried before the court, found guilty, and each sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than one nor more than three years.

At approximately 1:3o A.M. on October 17, 1959, five youths and a 13-year-old girl were in an automobile parked under a viaduct at 140th Street and Doty Avenue when discovered by the defendants, who, while patrolling an assigned area, were turning around on the highway. One of the male occupants fled and…