People v. Emmons
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, and from an order denying a new trial. • E. C. Hart, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBurnett, J.
By an indictment found by the grand jury of Sacramento county defendant was charged with the crime “of asking and receiving a bribe,” committed in January, 1905, while he was a state senator of the thirty-second senatorial district and a member of the Senate committee on commissions and retrenchment. The money was sought and received by appellant, so it is alleged, under a promise and agreement that his official action, vote and opinion as such senator should be influenced thereby in connection with an investigation by said committee of certain building and loan associations. Defendant was…
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