Legal Opinion
State v. Merkle
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided April 22, 1912PublishedCited by 2 opinions
On error to Hudson Quarter Sessions.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by •
Gummere, Chief Justice.
The defendant was convicted in the Hudson Quarter Sessions on an indictment charging *173that on May 16tli, 1909, while he was a member of the board of education of the town of West Few York ho solicited a bribe as the consideration of his vote and influence for the appointment of one Warren F. Hannis to the position of principal of a public school in the town. The entire record of the proceeding's had at the trial has been returned with the writ of error pursuant to section 136 of. the Criminal Procedure act. Comp. Stat., p. 1863.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Mead v. StateSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1891
- State v. LangSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1907
3Cited by2 opinions
- State v. SmagulaNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1956
- State v. BegynSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1961