State v. Bunch
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lincoln Circuit ■ Court; Antonio B. Grace, Judge; 1. Tlie indictment is sufficient. Martin was an officer and held a place of profit and trust under the laws of this State. Kirby’s Digest, § 1602; Acts 1909, p. 1155. The indictment follows substantially the language of the statute. 1. The employment of an engineer by the board did not constitute him an officer under the law.
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Appeal from Lincoln Circuit ■ Court; Antonio B. Grace, Judge; 1. Tlie indictment is sufficient. Martin was an officer and held a place of profit and trust under the laws of this State. Kirby’s Digest, § 1602; Acts 1909, p. 1155. The indictment follows substantially the language of the statute. 1. The employment of an engineer by the board did not constitute him an officer under the law. Kirby’s Dig., § 1602; Acts 1909, p. 1151-1155; 29 Ark. 299; 5 L. R. A. ■814; 84 Ark. 540; 69 Id. 460; 36 Miss. 273; 6 Wall. 385; 103 U. S, 5; 63 Am. St. 174; 58 Wis. 144; 88 N. C. 133; 122 Id. 495; 145 Id.…
1Opinion of the Court
McCulloch, O. J.
The State appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Lincoln County sustaining a demurrer to the following indictment:
“The Grand Jury of Lincoln County, in the name and by the authority of the .State of Arkansas, accuse T. H. Bunch of the 'crime of attempting to bribe a public officer committed as follows, towit: That on and before the 1st day of March, 1914, and for three months thereafter one H. R. Carter was holding a place of profit and trust under the laws of this State, towit, that of State Highway Engineer, and by virtue of (his. said office it became and was Ms…
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