Provisions
XIII.3 proposed for 1870 • Receiving bribes.
REJECTED
The Text
Any person charged with receiving a bribe, or with offering or promising a bribe that is rejected, shall be permitted to testify in his own behalf in any civil or criminal prosecution therefor.
A Few Facts
• Has 33 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1869
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
• Joined the Constitution in 1870
• Been in Article XIII:
• Been a new addition
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