State Ex Rel. Marshall v. Petteway

Petitioner was, on October 5, 1935, informed against in the Criminal Court of Record of Hills-borough County for falsifying a public record, to-wit: corruptly placing illegal names on the registration book of election district No. 3 of the City of Tampa, contrary to Section 5357, Revised General Statutes of 1920, Section 7492, Compiled General Laws of 1927.

To that information petitioner, as defendant, filed pleas in bar alleging in substance that the county solicitor of Hillsborough County did in August, 1935, conduct an investigation into the legality of the registration of electors for the…