People v. Baxter

"Wiest, J.

Under an information charging defendant, in one count with bribery and in another count (involving the same instance and circumstances) with attempt to bribe, he was convicted, by verdict of a jury, of an attempt to bribe. Review is by writ of error.

The information charged that defendant acted in concert with others named therein. Defendant was tried separately. It is said that one other, so named in the information, pleaded guilty to bribery, and another, upon trial, was convicted of bribery. Inasmuch as it was claimed by the prosecution that all persons named in the information…