Com. of Pa. v. Benedict

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

The defendants were indicted, convicted, and sentenced for bribery and corrupt solicitation and are here on appeals which were argued together and will be disposed of in one opinion.(1) The first question involved concerns the sufficiency of the indictment and was raised by the refusal of the trial court to sustain a demurrer to the indictment. The first count charged that on March 24,1932, the defendants “did unlawfully, wickedly and corruptly solicit Estey Jimcousky, Inspector for Penn sylvania Alcohol Permit Board, a State Public Officer of the Commonwealth of…