Phares v. State
West Virginia Supreme Court
John M. Phares was elected by a majority of the votes cast, sheriff of Randolph county, at the general election held on the 4th Thursday of October, 1866, for the term of four years from the 1st day of January, 1867. At the November term of the circuit court of that county he gave bond and took the several oaths prescribed by law.
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John M. Phares was elected by a majority of the votes cast, sheriff of Randolph county, at the general election held on the 4th Thursday of October, 1866, for the term of four years from the 1st day of January, 1867. At the November term of the circuit court of that county he gave bond and took the several oaths prescribed by law. On the 20th of August, 1867, after Phares had entered upon and been exercising the duties of his office, a rule was filed against him requiring him to show cause why he should not be removed from his office, the board of registration of the county having certified…
1Opinion of the Court
Brown, President.
This was a rule from the circuit court upon the defendant, Phares, to show cause why he should not be removed from his office of sheriff' of Randolph county, because his name had been stricken from the list of registered voters by the board of registration.
There was a motion to quash the rule, which the court overruled.
The only proof in the case, that the defendant was not a voter, is the certificate of the clerk of the board of registration that certain names, a long list of which he gave, including the name of the defendant, Phares, were ordered by the said board to be…
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