Sheely v. People

The plaintiff in error was sentenced for a term in the penitentiary for bribing one of the county commissioners of Weld county. The information was based upon section 1720, Rev. Stat., which, so far as is material to this review, is as follows:

“If any person shall directly or indirectly give any sum or sums of money * * * to any judge, justice of the peace, sheriff, coroner, clerk, constable, jailer, attorney general or prosecuting attorney, mayor, alderman or member of city council, member of the legislative assembly, or other officer, ministerial or judicial (but such fees as are allowed by…