State v. Nick

Citations

• 66 Wash. 134
• 119 P. 15
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 1026

Syllabus

<p>Bribery — Public Officer — Indictment — Sufficiency. An Indictment for bribing a police officer of the city of Seattle to influence him not to prohibit and prevent the accused from conducting a house of prostitution, is not demurrable as failing to allege that a policeman of a city is a “public officer” within Rem. & Bal. Code, § 2320, under which the indictment was drawn; since the description of the act which he was bribed to do sufficiently shows that he was an officer, and inferentially alleges his authority; and, also, for the reason that the court will take judicial notice of the city charter, from which it appears that a policeman is such a public officer.</p> <p>Bribery — Public Officers — Statutes—Construction — Ejusdem: Generis. Rem. & Bal. Code, § 2320, defining bribery as to certain enumerated officers, and providing that it shall be a crime to give a reward “to a person executing any of the functions of a public officer other than those heretofore specified,” is not subject to the rule of ejusdem generis; but covers the bribery of all public officers.</p>