State v. Savre
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mitchell District Court.— Hon. J. F. Clyde, Judge. The defendant was indicted for illegal voting. After all of the evidence had been introduced a 'verdict of not guilty, by the direction of the court, was returned and the defendant discharged. The state appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The accused is alleged to have voted at the municipal election on March 21, 1905, in the First Ward of the city of Osage, when his place of residence was in the Third Ward. Section 1090 of the Code declares that “no person shall vote in any precinct but that of his residence,” and section 642, relating to municipal elections, that “ each qualified elector may vote thereat who is a resident of the city or town and, at the time, has been ten days a resident of the precinct in which he offers to vote.” The penalty denounced for the violation of these statutes is found in section 4921, enacting…
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