Herman v. State

Appellant, a police officer of the city of Indianapolis, was indicted for bribery and after a jury trial was convicted and sentenced for a term of two (2) to fourteen (14) years and fined in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). Appellant assigns, as error on appeal the overruling of his motion for new trial.

Among the numerous contentions of appellant on this appeal are the contentions that the verdict of the jury was not sustained by sufficient evidence, was contrary to law, and that the court erred in refusing to peremptorily instruct the jury to return a verdict for appellant.

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