State v. Shea
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Dubuque District Court. — Hon. C. M. Waterman, Judge. Defendants were indicted for willful and corrupt misconduct in office. A demurrer to the indictment was sustained, and the state appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
*7371 2 *7383 4 *736The indictment charges the defendants, who were members of the city council of the city of Dubuque, with having wrongfully, unlawfully, and corruptly voted to increase their salaries as aldermen of the said city from the sum of three hundred dollars, which had been the annual 'salary of aldermen for about ten years prior to April 2é, 1895, to the sum of five hundred dollars for the year 1895, in violation of a section of the charter of said city, which provides that “neither shall any alderman vote in said council upon any question in which he is directly or indirectly interested.” Laws…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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