State v. Ames
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Henne-pin county, Brooks, J., denying a motion for a new trial, after a trial and conviction of the crime of receiving a bribe. The right to challenge the jurors exists as well after, as before, the indictment is found.
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Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Henne-pin county, Brooks, J., denying a motion for a new trial, after a trial and conviction of the crime of receiving a bribe. The right to challenge the jurors exists as well after, as before, the indictment is found. G. S. 1894, §§ 7188-7192, 7283; State v. Russell, 69 Minn. 502; State v. Osborne, 61 Iowa, 330. In criminal cases the principal is not answerable for acts of his agent as in civil cases; each must answer for his own acts and stand or fall by his own behavior. To affect the superior by the act of the agent there must…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Defendant was tried and convicted in the district court of Henne-pin county of the crime of receiving a bribe while acting in the capacity *187of superintendent of the police of the city of Minneapolis, and appealed from an order denying his motion for a new trial.
' A large number of assignments of error are reduced by counsel to ten distinct propositions, and these will be taken up and disposed of in the order presented in appellant’s brief. A statement of the facts will be made in connection with the appropriate question.
1. At the time defendant was arraigned and required to plead to the…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- People v. . MolineuxNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Steinbauer v. StoneSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- People v. . PeckensNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- People v. . McKaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- People v. . McLaughlinNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Frank v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
- State v. WappensteinWashington Supreme Court · 1912
- State v. MonroeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1919
- State v. WoffordSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1962
- People v. JohnstonMichigan Supreme Court · 1950
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