Commonwealth v. Richardson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 46, April T., 1910, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., June T., 1907, No. 50, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Charles R. Richardson. Indictment for conspiracy to bribe and corrupt a councilman.
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Appeal, No. 46, April T., 1910, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., June T., 1907, No. 50, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Charles R. Richardson. Indictment for conspiracy to bribe and corrupt a councilman. Before Frazer, P. J. At the trial a motion was made to quash the indictment for the following reasons: 1. The indictment in this, case charges an offense not known to the law of this commonwealth. 2. The act of this commonwealth, which is a .part of the penal code, and which was approved April 29", 1874, P. L. 115, provides specifically for the offense of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
After averring by way of inducement that there was pending and undetermined in the councils of the city of Pittsburg a certain ordinance for the proposed grant of certain franchises to the Pittsburg & Tube City Railroad Company, the count of the indictment under which the appellant was convicted charged, in substance, that the defendants unlawfully did falsely conspire and agree together,' and with other persons whose names were to the grand inquest unknown, to tempt, solicit, bribe, corrupt and influence certain members of the city councils in the performance and…
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