Benson v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtStaples, J.
Carvel Benson, the plaintiff in error (defendant below and hereinafter so-called), was tried in the Corporation Court of the City of Norfolk upon an indictment charging him with bribery, in violation of section 4496 of the Code of Virginia. Pursuant to a jury verdict of guilty he was sentenced to confinement for a term of three years in the State penitentiary.
The evidence of the Commonwealth tended to show that the defendant was engaged in the operation of what is generally known as a “numbers racket,” and that he paid protection money to twenty-three officers of the Norfolk police force to…
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