Allegheny County Election

Opinion by

Me. Justice Simpson,

At the general election held November 7, 1933, a sheriff was elected for the County of Allegheny. The election was a close one, and thereafter certain electors duly instituted an election contest in the court of quarter sessions of the peace of that county against the candidate who, on the face of the returns, appeared to be elected. Desiring to inspect and make copies of certain of the papers, then on file in the office of the prothonotary of the court of common pleas and relating to that election, in so far as they concerned specified election districts, one of…