State v. Bowling

MOLLOY, Judge.

The defendants in this action appeal from convictions upon two counts of an indictment rendered against them by a grand jury. Both were charged in count one of this indictment with conspiracy to commit an act “ * * * injurious to the public morals or unlawfully perverting or obstructing justice or due administration of the laws * * * ” and in count two of receiving a bribe, while a member of the Arizona State Legislature, “ * * * upon an understanding that their official opinions, judgments and actions should be influenced thereby * * * ”.

The facts giving rise to these charges…