The People v. Holub

Plaintiff in error was indicted by the grand jury of Cook county for the crime of bribery. The specific charge was that while he was a member of the board of education of school district No. 98 in the town of Berwyn, he accepted a bribe from an applicant for a position as teacher in said school, for the purpose of influencing his official action.

Upon a trial before the court without a jury, he was found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary for an indefinite term of from one to five years. To review that judgment he has sued out the writ of error in this case.

The sole question raised by…