Aaron v. State

275 S.W.2d 693 (1955)

George AARON, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 27113.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 17, 1954.

Rehearing Denied February 9, 1955.

McCarthy, Rose & Haynes, by George S. McCarthy, Amarillo, for appellant.

Travis D. Shelton, Dist. Atty., Lubbock, Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

BELCHER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted for offering a bribe to Roy Hillin, Sheriff-elect of Crosby County, the indictment alleging that appellant offered Sheriff-elect Hillin $1,500 per month to thereby influence and induce him to omit to arrest for, or suppress…