People ex rel. Thomas v. Goddard

The information filed by the attorney-general charges that the respondent, while a candidate for the office of judge of the fifth judicial district, entered into seven corrupt contracts with as many different electors of said district, and that all of said contracts were made and entered into by the respondent for the purpose of securing his election to said office. It is charged that the respondent contracted separately with all these several individuals to the effect that, in the event *433of his election, he would appoint each one of them to the office of clerk of the district court of Lake…