Commonwealth v. Glass

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Hobson

Affirming.

Appellees were indicted for the offense of unlawfully attempting’ to prevent a person from casting a ballot. It was charged in the indictment that they attempted to prevent Burgess Russell from casting his ballot at the November election 1909, by buying from him his certificate of registration, paying him' therefor in money the sum of $3.00, and having the certificate delivered to them for the fraudulent purpose of preventing him from voting at the election. The circuit court sustained a demurrer to the indictment, and the Commonwealth appeals.

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