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COLTON v. LEYPOLDT

No. 3895

295 P.2d 383 (1956)

Application of Rodney H. COLTON for a writ of Habeas Corpus, Petitioner, v. W.E. LEYPOLDT, Sheriff of Clark County, Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada

March 21, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry E. Claiborne, of Las Vegas, for Petitioner.

Harvey Dickerson, Atty. Gen., and Gen. George Dickerson, Dist. Atty., Clark County, Las Vegas, for Respondent.

MERRILL, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from order of the trial court denying petitioner a discharge under writ of habeas corpus.

Petitioner, a member of the Board of County Commissioners of Clark County, was indicted by the grand jury of that county under § 9996, N.C.L. 1929. Specifically the charge was that petitioner as county commissioner had agreed to accept $10,000 from one Louis Tabet to exert his influence with the proper officials to the end...

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