People v. Karoll

Samuel Karoll, defendant, was convicted of giving' a bribe to one James M. Ritchie. The penal code (Act No. 328, § 117, Pub. Acts 1931 [Comp. Laws Supp. 1940, § 17115-117, Stat. Ann. § 28.312]), referred to in the information, reads as follows:

“Any person who shall corruptly give, offer or promise to any public officer, agent, servant or employee, after the election or appointment of such public officer, agent, servant or employee * * '* any gift, gratuity, money, * * * the intent or purpose of which is to influence the * * * decision or judgment, * * * shall be guilty of a felony.”

The…