State v. Sweeney

Defendant was convicted of the crime of bribery and appealed from an order denying Ms motion for a new trial.

Defendant and Fred A. Maurer were Minneapolis aldermen representing the third ward therein. On their motion the city council on March 11, 1927, authorized the purchase of a G. M. C. five-ton truck from the General Motors Truck Company for $8,501.25. The indictment is that defendant received from Maurer $405 in consideration of his voting for the purchase of the truck. The facts as we state them rest largely upon the testimony of Maurer. He testified that in the latter part of 1925 he…