12 A.2d 421 STATE OF MAINE vs. GEDEON VALLEE. Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Androscoggin. Opinion, April 9, 1940. CRIMINAL PLEADINGS. BRIBERY. FALSE PRETENSES. The 1857 revision of the statute punishing bribery and acceptance of bribes by public officers did not change original effect of statute, there being nothing to show such a legislative intention. […]