State ex rel. Higgins v. Lockwood
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On rule to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not go to respondents directing them to permit the relator to inspect and take copies of the registry lists used in the fall election of 1905, in the county of Hudson, and now on file in the custody of the Hudson county board of election.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Reed, J.
The relator is a citizen of New Jersey and a. legal voter in Hudson county. Frank T. Lockwood is clerk of the Hudson county board of elections, which board is composed of four citizens of Hudson county. The testimony taken to be used upon the return of this rule clearly discloses that the relator was refused permission to inspect and make copies of the registration lists in the custody of the Hudson county board of elections, after another person had been directed to cease making copies by order of one of the members of the board. The intention…
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