Supreme Court of Missouri December 22, 1925 (State v. Adcox)

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WHITE, J.

Under Section 3177, Revised Statutes 1919, the defendant was indicted in St. Louis County on charge of bribing a public official. He was tried before a jury, and June 18, 1924, a verdict was returned finding him guilty and assessing punishment at two years’ imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

The evidence showed that in April, 1923, one B. H.