State v. Bush

The opinion of the court was delivered by

NalentINE, J.:

This was a criminal prosecution, in the district court of Butler county, under § 15, chapter 80, of the Laws of 1879 (Gen. Stat. of 1889, ¶711); in which prosecution the defendant, W. O. Bush, who was the city clerk of the city of El Dorado, a city of the second class, was charged upon information in two counts with registering J. N. Hanna as a voter — Hanna not being present, nor appearing in person, nor giving his name, age, occupation, or place of residence. The title to the act in which the aforesaid § 15 is found, and §§ 8 and 15 of…