State v. Simon

Fox, Judge:

On March 17, 1947, in the Criminal Court of Raleigh County, an indictment was returned against W. A. Thornhill, Jr., William Henry Lilly and James Edward Simon, charging them with tampering with certain ballots cast in the general election held in said county on November 5, 1946. Said indictment was apparently based on the provisions of Article 7, Chapter 3 of the Code, especially sections 1 and 9 thereof. The defendant, James Edward Simon, appeared on March 28, 1947, and interposed his demurrer to the said indictment, which demurrer was, on March 31 following, overruled. The…