People v. Camodeca

Defendant held a contract of sale and collected the monthly payments on a bar owned and operated by William L. Murphy. On June 15, 1957, Murphy discussed with defendant the possibility of removing the name of Murphy’s “common-law wife” from the contract of sale and from the bar’s beer and wine license. Defendant stated that this could be done but that it would require a “fix.” He also told Murphy that the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control had certain charges on file against the bar and that those charges could be fixed and the license cleared if Murphy would give defendant $720 to pass…