State v. Peer

OPINION

The defendants in the trial court, William Peer, David Crawford, Sr., David Crawford, Jr., Stanton Hobbs and Harry Ziegman, were indicted by the grand jury of Lorain county, in the April, 1938, term thereof.

The indictment in the first count charged the defendants with “unlawfully, fraudulently and corruptly” of-' fering to pay to William F. Grail, the! sheriff of Lorain county, the sum of $2.50 a week for each slot machine a gambling device, “to be exhibited for gain” by the defendants named, in Lo-rain county, and to “influence the said William F. Grail, * * * sheriff aforesaid, to…