Legal Opinion

People v. Northey

California Supreme Court

Decided December 27, 1888No. 20441PublishedCited by 52 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, and from an order refusing a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtThornton, J.

The defendant Northey was accused by indictment of willfully, corruptly, and feloniously *622offering to give a bribe to H. F. Woods, a juror on the trial of the action of Wright et al. against the Geary Street, Park, and Ocean Railroad Company, pending in the superior court (department 6 thereof), of the city and county of San Francisco, and in which an issue of fact had been joined, with the corrupt and felonious intent to corruptly influence the vote, opinion, verdict, and decision of Woods, as juror, in favor of the defendant, in the action above named.

The defendant was convicted and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Guy v. IdeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1856

3Cited by52 opinions

  1. State v. KentNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1896
  2. People v. FowlerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1918
  3. State v. McDanielOregon Supreme Court · 1901
  4. State v. CampbellSupreme Court of Kansas · 1906
  5. United States v. KimballU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1902

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