State v. Smith
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was indicted, by the grand jury of Ramsey county charged with the crime of fraudulently putting ballots into a ballot box at an election in the city of St. Paul, tried in the district court for that county before Michael, J., and a jury which found him guilty as charged in the indictment. Prom an order denying his motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
1. Defendant was indicted with several others, charged with the crime of fraudulently putting 190 ballots into the ballot box of the first election district of the Third ward, of the city of St. Paul, at the city election, held May 7, 1918. It stands admitted that the crime was committed by some persons. It also stands admitted that the crime had been planned for some time prior to the election, and that the ground work was in part laid at the registration preceding the election. The method employed was to register the names of a large number of fictitious persons, then to mark the requisite…
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