State v. Barker

LUJAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment on a bond given to secure a recount of votes in the 1944 general election.

The defendant, Barker, and David W. Carmody were rival candidates for the office of District Attorney of the First Judicial District. Barker filed an application with the State Canvassing Board for a recount of the votes in 20 precincts or election districts in Rio Arriba County under the provisions of 56-614, 1941 Comp., and gave a bond for $1,000 under the provisions of Sec. 56-615, with his codefendants as sureties, and made it payable to the State of New Mexico.- Upon…