State v. Shea

The defendant was convicted of the crime of grafting. The information charged him, in effect, with obtaining from one Den Kee, a Chinaman, the sum of $25, upon a promise that the defendant would influence the mayor and city marshal of the city of Bremerton not to arrest him for past and future acts of gambling. We deem it unnecessary to set out the information at length, since no question is raised as to its sufficiency. At the trial, it was admitted that Paul Mehner was mayor of the city of Bremerton, and that H. Gibason was city marshal. It appeared from the evidence that the prosecuting…