People v. Earl

Upon trial by jury defendant, a public executive officer, was convicted of accepting a bribe. The information was not in short form and laid the charge under Act No. 328, § 118, Pub. Acts 1931 (Comp. Laws Supp. 1940, § 17115-118, Stat. Ann. § 28.313), known as the Michigan criminal code. Defendant in 1938 was one of the three road commissioners for Ingham county. The commission contemplated the purchase of a motor grader, and it was claimed that defendant was promised 10 per cent, of the price of such grader by a sales agent if it was purchased from the company he represented. The full…