Commonwealth v. Duff
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 89 — INDICTMENT APPEAL PROM JEPPERSON CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The provisions of the General Statute prescribing penalties for bribery and forgery of poll-books, apply as well to the election of municipal officers as to State, county,'and district officers.
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Case 89 — INDICTMENT APPEAL PROM JEPPERSON CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The provisions of the General Statute prescribing penalties for bribery and forgery of poll-books, apply as well to the election of municipal officers as to State, county,'and district officers. (Dillon on Municipal Corporations, sec. 367; March v. Commonwealth, 12 B. M., 25.) 2. The Wallace act is expressly prospective in its operation, and does not affect any penalty incurred prior to its adoption, and does not expressly or by implication repeal the general law as to its continuous application to the offenses not provided in the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Lewis
This is an appeal by the Commonwealth. from a judgment sustaining a demurrer to, and dismissing, an indictment against appellee for the crime of making up a false and fraudulent poll-book of an election for Mayor and General Council of the city of Louisville, charged to have been committed in the following manner: That he, being duly appointed and qualified to act as clerk of said election at a certain designated precinct, and requested by qualified voters, whose names are set out, to record their several votes for-Avery, who was then a candidate for the office of may- or, willfully, falsely…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ShermanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1887
- Acree v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1877
- Waddell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1886
3Cited by6 opinions
- Heath v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1910
- Commonwealth v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1919
- Jones v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1898
- Tackett v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940
- Cooper v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1945
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