Commonwealth v. Donovan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment, in three counts, under Pub. Sts. c. 205, § 9, as amended by St. 1891, c. 349, charging James C. Donovan with bribery, and Edward It. Donovan and Bernard D. O’Connell with being accessories thereto.
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Indictment, in three counts, under Pub. Sts. c. 205, § 9, as amended by St. 1891, c. 349, charging James C. Donovan with bribery, and Edward It. Donovan and Bernard D. O’Connell with being accessories thereto. At the trial.in the Superior Court, before Bond, J., the jury returned a verdict of guilty against each defendant upon the first count, and of not guilty upon the other counts; and the defendants alleged exceptions, and also appealed from the overruling of certain motions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
In this prosecution for bribery, under Pub. Sts. c. 205, § 9, as amended by St. 1891, c. 349, the three defendants *230have had verdicts of not guilty upon the last two counts of the indictment, and there has been a verdict of guilty against each defendant upon the first count. That count charged James C. Donovan with corruptly giving to a municipal officer a gift or gratuity to influence his vote on a question of removal from office, which might come before him in his official capacity, and also charged that the other defendants were accessories to the crime. The second count charged that the…
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