State v. Rooney

W. Pat Rooney, a member of the board of county commissioners of Spokane county, was charged by indictment with the crime of bribery. In the indictment, there were eight counts, separately stated, all of which were in the same language, except as to dates, amounts, and persons. The charging part of count I was as follows:

“That said W. Pat Rooney, in the county of Spokane, state of Washington, on or about the 15th day of December, 1937, being then and there an executive and administrative officer of Spokane county, state of Washington, duly elected, qualified and acting as such, to-wit: a…