Keenan v. People
Appellate Court of Illinois
Contempt of Court.—Error to reverse an order of the Criminal Court of Cook County; the Hon. Arthur H. Chetlain, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1895. Statement of the Case. The events and proceedings which resulted in the fine imposed upon the plaintiff in error by the judgment of the Criminal Court of Cook County, are briefly as follows: December 19, 1893, a special election for mayor of the city of Chicago was duly held.
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Contempt of Court.—Error to reverse an order of the Criminal Court of Cook County; the Hon. Arthur H. Chetlain, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1895. Statement of the Case. The events and proceedings which resulted in the fine imposed upon the plaintiff in error by the judgment of the Criminal Court of Cook County, are briefly as follows: December 19, 1893, a special election for mayor of the city of Chicago was duly held. On April' 3, 1894, an election of town officers and aldermen was duly held in Chicago, both elections having been conducted under the provisions of…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Waterman
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Section 27 of an act approved June 22,1891, in force July 1, 1891, Eevised Statutes, 1893, Chap. 46, Sec. 314, in pursuance of which, the election had in Chicago April 3,1894, was held, provides that—
“ When the canvass of the ballots shall have been completed, as now provided by law, the clerks shall announce to the judges the total number of votes received by each candidate; each judge of election in turn shall then proclaim in a loud voice the total number of votes received by each of the persons voted for, and the office for…
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