Freshour v. Howard

This is an election contest for the office of sheriff of the county of Siskiyou. The election was held on November 4, 1902. By the returns, as canvassed by the board of supervisors, the respondent received 1,878 votes and the appellant 1,816 votes, giving the respondent a majority of sixty-two votes. In the petition or complaint filed by the appellant -irregularities were charged in certain precincts in said county in the receiving and counting of alleged illegal ballots for respondent. As a result of the trial there was a net reduction from respondent’s majority, as declared by the board of…