People ex rel. Williams v. Cicott
Michigan Supreme Court
Quo Warranto. Motion for a new trial. The information in this canse was filed by the relator, G-urdon 0. Williams, to test the right of Edward V. Oicott to hold the office of sheriff for the county of Wayne.
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Quo Warranto. Motion for a new trial. The information in this canse was filed by the relator, G-urdon 0. Williams, to test the right of Edward V. Oicott to hold the office of sheriff for the county of Wayne. At the April term, 1867, a motion was made in this court for a change of.venue, but which was denied — 15 Mich. 326 — whereupon an order was entered that the issues of fact in said cause be sent down to the Wayne Circuit Court for trial, and that the Circuit Judge make a report thereon of the proceedings before him. The jury rendered a verdict that the said Edward V. Cicott received a…
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell J.
The jury sworn to try this cause have found a verdict that defendant received the greatest number of votes for the office of sheriff of Wayne County. A motion is now made for a new trial, based on legal rulings complained of, and on the ground that the verdict was against evidence.
The chief controversy upon the trial, as well as on this motion, has arisen out of the alleged reception on either side of votes from unqualified persons. These voters are alleged to have been disqualified respectively by non-age, non-residence, or mental incapacity. Other controversies also arise which…
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