State ex rel. Shinners v. Grossman

Defendant in error Michael H. Grossman was president and director of the Bank of Shorewood. Defendant in error John Parish Lewis was vice-president and director of the same bank. A grand jury of Milwaukee county indicted each of them upon several similar counts, claimed to constitute offenses under sec. 221.40, Stats., which reads as follows:

“Any officer, director, agent or employee of any bank, or mutual savings bank, who shall for himself, directly or indirectly, take, accept or receive, or offer or agree to take, accept or receive, any commission, fee, compensation, or thing of value…