(Download) "Commonwealth v. Albert" by Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Commonwealth v. Albert
- Author : Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
- Release Date : January 24, 1942
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
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RONAN, Justice. The defendant, a municipal officer of Springfield, has been found guilty by a Judge of violating G.L. (Ter.Ed.) c. 268, § 8. The indictment charged that he 'did corruptly request a gift or gratuity or a promise to make a gift or to do an act beneficial to him under an agreement or with an understanding that his vote' would be given in a particular manner upon a matter that was then or would be brought before him in his official capacity. The defendant appealed from the finding of guilty and the case is here with a transcript of the evidence, a summary of the record, and an assignment of errors based upon the refusal to grant certain requests for rulings. It was undisputed that the defendant was a member of the city council of Springfield during 1936 and, with the mayor and an alderman, composed the board of supervisors; that the board, among other powers, was authorized to contract in behalf of the city for certain public improvements including the construction of highway bridges; and that, early in January, 1936, it advertised for the proposals for the construction of a new bridge to carry Armory Street over the tracks of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. These proposals were opened at a meeting of the board at four o'clock on January 31, 1936. The board then voted to award the contract to A. L. Phelps, Inc., the lowest bidder, and to allow the contractor one hundred twenty days from the date of the execution of the contract within which to complete the work.