Dong Haw v. Superior Court

Petitioner, together with Ms daughter Rose and son James, both adults, were jointly charged in the first count of an indictment returned by the grand jury of Sacramento County, with the crime of conspiracy to bribe an executive officer of the State of California, Bartley W. Cavanaugh, City Manager of the city of Sacramento, and in the second count said parties were further charged with the crime of offering a bribe to said officer.

Count one of the indictment sets forth five overt acts alleged to have been committed in pursuance of said conspiracy : (1) the delivery by James Dong to the Cavanaugh home of 12 bottles of assorted liquors together with a letter addressed to Cavanaugh and signed “Dong Haw” in which was $3,000 in currency; (2) the writing by Rose Chang of the letter which accompanied the money; (3) the supplying by petitioner to James Dong of the liquor and the money to be so delivered; (4) the directions and authorization given by petitioner to Rose Chang to write the letter, and (5) the attempt by Rose Chang to arrange an interview between the city manager and her father, Dong Haw.

At the time of petitioner’s arraignment in the superior court he moved to quash the…