State v. Ames
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was tried and convicted in the district court for Hennepin county before Elliott, J., and a jury on an indictment charging him with having received a bribe while exercising the office of mayor of the city of Minneapolis. From the judgment of conviction, whereby he was sentenced to confinement for a term of six years in the state . prison, defendant appealed.
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Defendant was tried and convicted in the district court for Hennepin county before Elliott, J., and a jury on an indictment charging him with having received a bribe while exercising the office of mayor of the city of Minneapolis. From the judgment of conviction, whereby he was sentenced to confinement for a term of six years in the state . prison, defendant appealed. The court erred in overruling the defendant’s motion to compel the state to elect upon which of the crimes charged in the indictment the state would rely to secure the conviction of defendant. State v. Wood, 13 Minn. 112 (121).…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Defendant was charged with, and convicted of, the crime of receiving a bribe. The charging part of the indictment is set out in full for the purpose of clearness:
“And said Albert A. Ames on the 15th day of December, 1901, at the city of Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin, in the state of Minnesota, then and there being, and then and there executing and performing the duties and functions of the office of mayor of said city of Minneapolis, did willfully, unlawfully, wrongfully, knowingly, feloniously, corruptly, and contrary to his duty as such mayor of said city of Minneapolis, receive,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Wallace v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1899
- Murray v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- State v. AmesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- State ex rel. Douglas v. RittSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
- State v. BurlingameSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
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3Cited by15 opinions
- State ex rel. Buford v. DanielSupreme Court of Florida · 1924
- State ex rel. Board of Education v. BrownSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- State v. LehmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
- State v. LupinoSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1964
- Kates v. ReadingMichigan Supreme Court · 1931
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