Romes v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Reversing.

The appellant was indicted for receiving a bribe to vote at the regular election held in November, 1913, and upon his trial was found guilty and his punishment fixed at a fine of $150 and exclusion from office and suffrage. The indictment was under Section 1586 of the Kentucky *335Statutes, providing, in part, that “Any person guilty of receiving a bribe for his vote at an election, or for services or influence in procuring a vote or votes at an election, shall be fined from fifty to five hundred dollárs, and be excluded from office and suffrage.…