State v. Fitchette
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was convicted in the district court for Hennepin county, Simpson, J., of the offense of receiving a reward for procuring for another person an appointment to a public office, and sentenced to confinement for ninety days in the Minneapolis city workhouse. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLovely, J.
Defendant was convicted of the offense of taking a reward to procure an appointment for another to a public office', under G. S. 1894, § 6334, which, so far as here material, reads as follows:
“A person who asks or receives or agrees to receive any gratuity or reward or any promise thereof for * * * procuring for another person an appointment.to a public office * * * is guilty of a misdemeanor.”
There was evidence for the prosecution tending to support the following facts: Defendant was a captain on the police force in Minneapolis during the year 1901. John Long had been a policeman under the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- People v. . MolineuxNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Commonwealth v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
- Farris v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
- State v. DurnamSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- Parkinson v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
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- State v. WoffordSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1962
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