State v. Gardner
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Harrison, J., denying a motion for a new trial, after a trial and conviction of the crime of accepting a bribe.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
The defendant was indicted and convicted in the district court of the county of Hennepin of the crime of accepting a bribe of |500 on November 17, 1901, upon the agreement that, as a police officer of the city of Minneapolis, he would not arrest or prosecute Lincoln G. Crossman and William Edwards, from whom the bribe was received, but would permit them, without arrest or prosecution, to ply within the city their confidence games of three-card *132monte and other tricks and devices for swindling the unwary, and that he would also influence the police of the city to permit them so to do. He was…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- United States v. EdgertonDistrict Court, D. Montana · 1897
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