Commonwealth v. Gormley
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 177, Oct. T., 1920, by Edward Gormley, from the judgment of Q. S. Schuylkill County, January Sessions, 1920, No. 60, on verdict of guilty in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Edward Gormley, Joseph Joulwan, William J. Yoyne, A. S. Faust and John Toppy.
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Appeal, No. 177, Oct. T., 1920, by Edward Gormley, from the judgment of Q. S. Schuylkill County, January Sessions, 1920, No. 60, on verdict of guilty in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Edward Gormley, Joseph Joulwan, William J. Yoyne, A. S. Faust and John Toppy. Indictment for conspiracy to make false return for election and for the insertion of false figures in tally sheets in violation of the Act of July 9,1919, P. L. 839. Before Berger, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The jury returned a verdict of guilty as to the first count, conspiracy, and not…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
The fourth section of the Act of July 9, 1919, P. L. 839, provides the method to be employed by election officers after the closing of the polls in ascertaining the result of primary elections. The fifth section provides that “any election officer or clerk of the county commissioners or other person who knowingly inserts or knowingly permits to be inserted any fictitious name, false figure, or other fraudulent entry on or in any assessor’s list, register, list of voters, affidavit, tally paper, return sheet, statement, certificate, or oath, voucher, ballot or other…
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