The court affirmed the quashing of the felony indictment because the bribery statute applies only to bribery of state executive, legislative, judicial, or ministerial officers and members of the legislature.
West Virginia Supreme Court, 1959
Published opinions from 1959. The case name opens the case page.
1959 opinions
West VirginiaState of West Virginia v. General Daniel Morgan Post No. 548, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, a…
March 3, 1959144 W. Va. 137
The court affirmed the order quashing the indictment against Andy Pastoría because the bribery statute expressly applied only to state executive, legislative, judicial, or ministerial officers and legislators, not to a county sheriff.