Smith v. Kincaid

VAN SANT, Commissioner.

On November 8, 1949, an election was held for county and magisterial district, officers in Lee County. At the close of the polls the ballot boxes were delivered to the county court clerk who placed them in the room in the courthouse where they were counted. On the night of the election the first two precincts were tabulated. On the next day thirteen precincts were counted leaving the six remaining of the twenty-one precinct boxes to be opened. At that time nothing had occurred to arouse suspicion that any fraud had been perpetrated and on that evening, November 9, the…