Donham v. Gross

THE COURT.

Petition for writ of mandate, the effect of which will be to estop the respondent Henry P. Dalton from being a candidate for nomination for the office of county assessor of the county of Alameda at the approaching primary election. The respondent county clerk answers, and the respondent Dalton demurs and answers separately. Following his conviction on a charge of asking and receiving a bribe during his term of office as assessor of Alameda County, Dalton was, on the twenty-fourth day of July, 1911, sentenced to a term of eight years in the state prison. His conduct at the prison…