People v. Liphardt
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to recorder’s court of Detroit. (Chapin, J.) Respondent was convicted of the crime of receiving a bribe, and sentenced to imprisonment in the State prson at Jackson for 5 years. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The defendant was convicted of receiving a bribe upon an agreement to vote for the adoption of a certain school seat at a prospective meeting of the board of education of the city of Detroit, of which board he was a member. The outline of the case, as claimed by the people, is that the Manitowoc Seating Company, a corporation, through its agent, one Atcherson, was a competitor for the contract for seats to be purchased. Atcherson had a conversation with one Davis, a member of said board of education, in which Davis had said that, if Atcherson would give the defendant $100, of which $25 was to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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