People v. . Gibson
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the 'Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered November 16, 1907, which affirmed a judgment rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendants of the crime of bribery and an order overruling a demurrer to the indictment. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. Prosecution for the crime charged in the indictment was barred by the Statute of Limitations when the indictment was presented.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the 'Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered November 16, 1907, which affirmed a judgment rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendants of the crime of bribery and an order overruling a demurrer to the indictment. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. Prosecution for the crime charged in the indictment was barred by the Statute of Limitations when the indictment was presented. (Code Cr. Pro. § 142; People v. Lord, 12 Hun, 282; U. S. v. Irvine, 98 U. S. 450; Gise v. Comm., 81 Penn. St. 428; People v.…
1Opinion of the CourtHiscock, J.
The appellants have been convicted under section 72 of the Penal Code of receiving bribes by which their votes as supervisors were to be influenced.
The case is a companion to that of People v. Neff, decided at this term, in this respect, that these appellants, as the defendant in that case, have been convicted of crime in connection with proceedings by the board of supervisors of Erie county to acquire cemetery lands for an armory site.
The unanimous affirmance of the judgment of conviction precludes us from any consideration of the question whether there was sufficient evidence to sustain the…
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