People v. Warder

After a trial at an extraordinary term of the Supreme Court, the defendant has been convicted by a jury of accepting a bribe of $10,000 while occupying the office of Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, in consideration whereof the defendant neglected his official duty of examining the City Trust Company.

A consideration of this record leads inevitably to the conclusion *217that the evidence preponderates heavily in favor of the finding of guilt of this defendant. Consequently, in order to set aside the verdict, he is compelled to rely upon alleged errors which occurred during the…