People v. Hancock

Defendant, John Hancock, and others were tried, convicted and sentenced under an information which charged them with a criminal conspiracy to corrupt the 1939 legislature of the State of Michigan by the act of bribery.

The information, under which defendant was tried and convicted, reads as follows:

“Victor 0. Anderson, prosecuting attorney for the county of Ingham, for and in behalf of the people of the State of Michigan, comes into said court in the March term thereof for the year 1944, and gives the court to understand and be informed:

“That heretofore, to-wit: On the 1st day of January,…