Xippas v. Commonwealth

The accused was tried and convicted upon an indictment (omitting the formal parts) reading as follows: “That S. A. Xippas, on the 6th day of August, in the year 1923, and before said election, in the said city of *500Norfolk did unlawfully give to L. J. Floum three official ballots printed and sealed by the electoral board of the city of Norfolk for use at a certain primary election held in said city of Norfolk on August 7, 1923, the giving of said ballots to the said L. J. Floum by the said S. A. Xippas not being then and there authorized by law as provided for by chapter thirteen of the Code of…