State v. Armijo
New Mexico Supreme Court
Nos. 1683-1684 (consolidated). Appeals from the District Court, Santa Fe County; Edmund C. Abbott, Presiding-Judge. Court erred in holding that indictment did not state facts sufficient to constitute an offense and in sustaining demurrer to said indictment 26 Cyc. pp. 926, 496; 25 Ency.
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Nos. 1683-1684 (consolidated). Appeals from the District Court, Santa Fe County; Edmund C. Abbott, Presiding-Judge. Court erred in holding that indictment did not state facts sufficient to constitute an offense and in sustaining demurrer to said indictment 26 Cyc. pp. 926, 496; 25 Ency. L. A.,-A. & E., p. 662; 2 McQuillan.Mun, Corps .978; 12 Ind. 569; 73 N. Y. Supp. 306, 307; 39'Ark. 82, 85; 6 Cal. 41; 49 Ala. 311; 23 Enc. of L., A. & E., 326; 59 N. J. E. 342; 3 Rich. 440; 91 N. W. 874. Does charge in indictment fall within “offer to bribe” in Section 3? 54 Col. 136; 2 Bouvier’s Law Diet. p.…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION.
PARKER, J.
The defendants were separately indicted, charged with the violation of Chapter 75, Laws 1912, relating to bribery. A demurrer was interposed to the indictment in each case, was sustained, and the state appealed.
The defendant, Armijo, it was charged in the indictment, was the City Marshal of the city of Santa Fe, and, it was charged, that “he, the said George W. Armijo, well knowing that the Santa Fe Water and Light Company, a corporation, * * * * furnished water to the City of Santa Fe, and the citizens and inhabitants thereof, and that the franchise under which the said…
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