Rowland v. State

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

This appeal is from a conviction on an indictment for bribery, wherein it was alleged that the defendant (appellant here), Jay M. Rowland, as city attorney of Hot Springs, received money as bribes, to-wit, $5.0 each month during the years 1945 and 1946 from Otis McCraw, operator of the Southern Club, a gambling establishment; and that said bribes were paid to Rowland with intent to influence his actions and decisions as city attorney pertaining to the ordinance which prohibits gambling. The defendant was indicted under § 3249, Pope’s Digest. Some of our cases…