Howard v. State

Howard., a deputy sheriff of Eulton County, Georgia, was tried on an indictment containing nine counts, each count charging a separate act of bribery, in that as such officer he received bribes to prevent the proper performance of the duties of his office, each act being specifically alleged. The State abandoned the third count, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty as to counts 1, 2, and 6, and a verdict of guilty as to counts 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9. All of the acts charged were alleged to have occurred within two years before the return of the indictment, except as to the acts charged in…