CORRUPTION

Illegality; a vicious and fraudulent intention to evade tlie prohibi- E tions ·of the law. The act of an official or:fiduciary person who unlawfully and wrongfully uses his sta~ tion or character to procure some benetl.t for himself or for another person, contrary to duty and the rights of others. U. S. v. Johnf son (C. C.) 26 Fed. 682; · State v. Ragsdale, 59 Mo. App. 603; Wight v. Rindskopf, 43 Wis. 351; Worsham v. Murchison, 66 Ga. 719; U. S. v. Edwards (C. C.) 43 Fed. 67. [s. 283]