STATE v. AUSTIN

No. 37255.

65 Wn.2d 916 (1965)

400 P.2d 603

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. NORMAN WADIE AUSTIN, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

April 1, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chavelle, Chavelle & Greenway, for appellant.

Charles O. Carroll, Mary W. Brucker, and Robert E. Dixon, for respondent.


HALE, J.

Bribery, like murder, will out, particularly when the negotiations are broadcast by police radio transmitters.

The prosecuting attorney for King County charged Norman Wadie Austin and Patsy Gentile jointly as principals with bribing a Seattle police detective to influence his actions in a grand larceny prosecution. Gentile later pleaded guilty to the bribery charge and received a sentence of 10 years imprisonment; Austin went to trial and from a judgment...

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