Weisberger v. Cohen

In this case the board of elections has found that out of the total of 1,413 names appearing upon the petition, 315 were irregular for various reasons. The court below found that there were forgeries appearing upon the sheets authenticated by the witnesses Rofrano and Williams, and by the petitioner Weisberger. Rofrano had authenticated 113 signatures, Williams 20 signatures, and Weisberger, the candidate, 123 signatures. The candidate called no witnesses and submitted no proof.

We thus have a petition in which over twenty per cent of the signatures are concededly irregular and where the…