Taylor v. State

The charges against the defendant, which are contained in the three counts of the indictment, axe that lie, as the clerk of the council of the City of Atlanta, was guilty of bribery, in that he received sums of money to influence his behavior in the discharge of his official duties as clerk, it being specifically alleged that he received money for his services in obtaining from the City of Atlanta a sum of money in settlement of a pending litigation to which the city was a party, procuring the construction of a sidewalk, and also in procuring the repeal of a resolu*411tion of the General Council…