Commonwealth v. Carson

Opinion op the Court ' by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Affirming.

Defendants, Everett Carson and Tom Bell, who were officers at the primary election held in August, 1914, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the office of *289United States Senator, were indicted by the grand jury of Lincoln county for the offense of wilfully, feloniously and corruptly refusing to permit a qualified voter to vote at that election. A demurrer was sustained to the indictment and the indictment dismissed. The Commonwealth appeals.

The indictment, after setting out the fact that defendants were judges of the…