State ex rel. Law v. Saxon

Ran ky, C. J.:

Referring to the defendant’s answer as amended, it appears that he claims to have received three hundred and three votes, and that the relator received two hundred and ninety-seven, although the original official canvass returned the vote as two hundred and ninety for defendant, and two hundred and ninety-seven for relator.

The point to be decided is that of the legality or illegality of at least nine, if not eleven, ballots which were thrown out by the inspectors at precinct b in their canvass. The objection to the ballots is that they have on their face, or the side on which…