State v. Thayer

This is a criminal case. The deféndant in error, Thayer, was indicted by the grand jury of Stark county pursuant to Section 12823, G-eneral Code, for having solicited a bribe of $7,500 from the president of a building company that was employed to erect a public hospital for that county, pursuant to plans and specifications drawn by Thayer and under his superintendence as architect.

Thayer was convicted in the common pleas court and judgment of sentence entered against him. He prosecuted error to the Court of Appeals, assigning numerous grounds of error. The Court of Appeals reversed the…