People v. Ritholz

This appeal arises from a' prosecution for corruptly offering money to influence the action of 3 public officers, members of the board of examiners in optometry. * †It is not denied that money in fact changed hands. The defendant, however, asserts that the money was not offered with corrupt intent. He says that he paid it over to terminate a scheme of extortion. This the jury disbelieved. He was found guilty, a fine was thereupon imposed, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of years.

The defendant was a partner in King Optical Company. This company had an office in Lansing adjacent…