People v. Mol

In the year 1900 respondent was an alderman of the city of Grand Rapids. His prosecution arose out of the .notorious water boodle scheme, the design of which was to secure a contract with the city to supply it with water from Lake Michigan. The information charges that respondent—

“Did corruptly accept from, to wit, Lant K. Salsbury, a gift and gratuity, to wit, $300, under an agreement and with the understanding that the vote, .opinion, and judgment of him, the said James Mol, as such alderman, should be given in a particular manner and upon a particular side, to wit, in favor of said City of…