People v. Bareika

Defendants demur to an indictment charging them with *1003conspiracy. The ground of demurrer is that it appears on the face of the pleading that the acts described do not constitute a crime. The essential part of the indictment, by which its sufficiency is to be tested, is the allegation of a corrupt agreement for the perversion and obstruction of the due administration of laws pursuant to which defendants agreed to submit three rigged and collusive bids for sale of equipment to a town with intent to deceive and mislead town officers, with the result that one of the defendants would receive a…