Keenan v. Briden

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari to be addressed to the respondents directing them to certify to this court for review the record of their determination in the matter of counting the votes cast for mayor of Pawtucket at the recent election in that city, to the end that the same may be quashed. The writ was issued and the respondents have certified said record to us, and also have transmitted to us the ballots cast at said election and counted by them.(1) We have received evidence in regard to said election for mayor from which it appears that it was held in unusual circumstances.…