State v. Callahan

SANDERS, Justice.

The Orleans Parish Grand Jury returned two indictments against Daniel Callahan, a police officer, charging him with public bribery in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:118.

One indictment charged that he accepted $50.00 from Edward J. Bernard, Sr., on December 30, 1962, with the intent that his conduct as a police officer of the New Orleans Police Department would be influenced. The second indictment charged that he accepted $20.00 from Bernard on August 9, 1963, with a like intent.

The Grand Jury returned the indictments after Callahan had testified before that body in response to a…