Robinson v. Knowlton

A primary election was held in the city of Little Rock on the 10th day of November, 1930, in which there were three candidates for the office of mayor; Horace A. Knowlton, the appellee, Pa.t L. Robinson, the appellant, and Boh Brown.

The Democratic City Central Committee convened on November 12, 1930, and certified the vote as follows: Horace A. Knowlton, 4,537; Pat L. Robinson, 4,554; Bob Brown, 61.

The appellee, after the election, filed a petition with the Central Committee, asking that the clerk be directed to take the poll registers of the various precincts from the ballot boxes to the end…