United States v. Saylor

The question is not whether stuffing of the ballot box should be punished. Kentucky has made that reprehensible practice a crime. See Ky. Rev. Stat. 1942, § 124.220; Commonwealth v. Anderson, 151 Ky. 537, 152 S. W. 552; Tackett v. Commonwealth, 285 Ky. 83, 146 S. W. 2d 937. Cf. Ky. Rev. Stat. 1942, § 124.180 (8). And it is a crime under Kentucky law whether it occurs in an election for state officials or for United States Senator. Id., § 124.280 (2). The question here is whether the general language of § 19 of the Criminal Code should be construed to superimpose a federal crime on this state…