Blake v. Baker

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

WILDER, J.

This is an election contest instituted under chapter 11 of Act 39 of the Laws of 1905, generally known as the County Act, by Charles Blake, the democratic candidate for auditor for the county of Kauai, against George E. II. Baker, the successful republican candidate. According to the official returns Baker received 429 votes and Blake 425 votes. The petition sets forth besides general averments that in the seventh precinct, where the official returns showed 104 votes for the defendant and 68 for the petitioner, five ballots for the petitioner were not counted…