State v. Welch
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The defendant was tried in the district court for Washington county, Crosby, J., presiding, upon the following indictment : “ Michael Welch is accused by the grand jury of the county of Washington, in the State of Minnesota, by this indictment, and upon their oaths, of the crime of voting more-than once at the same election, committed as follows : “ That the city of Stillwater is a municipal corporation, within the county of Washington in the State of Minnesota, organized…
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The defendant was tried in the district court for Washington county, Crosby, J., presiding, upon the following indictment : “ Michael Welch is accused by the grand jury of the county of Washington, in the State of Minnesota, by this indictment, and upon their oaths, of the crime of voting more-than once at the same election, committed as follows : “ That the city of Stillwater is a municipal corporation, within the county of Washington in the State of Minnesota, organized and acting under and by virtue of an act of the legislature of the State of Minnesota, entitled “An act to' reduce the law…
1Opinion of the CourtYoung, J.
1. The indictment charges the defendant with *24the crime of voting more than once at the general municipal election of the city of Stillwater, held April 1, 1873 — the defendant’s first vote being cast in the first ward, of which he was a resident, and the second, in the second ward.
By the charter of the city, (Sp. Laws, 1870, p. 83, § 1,) it is provided that’ the annual election of municipal officers shall be held at such place within the city as the common council shall designate. By the act of March 4, 1873, entitled “An act to amend the charter of the city of, Still-water,” the election is…
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