On December 14, 1964, Former Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice N. S. Corn, who was then serving a sentence in federal prison for income tax evasion, submitted a written statement to the government about his actions in the Supreme Court Bribery Scandal. The lengthy document also implicated two other justices, N. B. Johnson and Earl Welch.[1]
Johnson, who was still serving on the court, denied Corn's accusation and refused to resign. However, investigators discovered an unexplained discrepancy of $7,902 between Johnson's reported income and his bank records between 1960 and 1961. He had also opened a safety deposit box that his wife could not access, and out of which he could pay household bills in cash. In April 1962, attorney Harlan Grimes wrote to Johnson and accused him of taking a bribe.[1]
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edit- ^ a b O'Hern, Linda Burkett. "Supreme Court Scandal Examined." NewsOK, February 23, 1997. Accessed May 2, 2018