State v. Depaulo

This is an appeal from a judgment of guilty rendered by the Court of Common Pleas of Summit County, Ohio, without the intervention of a jury. A jury was properly waived, in writing, by the defendant, appellant herein, Robert Carmen DePaulo.

DePaulo was, at all times herein, an inspector for the department of liquor control of the state of Ohio. In that capacity, he inspected certain premises for Klein Seafood, Inc., the holder of a c-2, or carry out, permit for the sale of beer and wine. The indictment for bribery, in substance, charged that DePaulo solicited and accepted from Paul Klein, the…