People v. . Harrison

Pound, J.:

The defendant, with three others, was charged in two separate counts of a joint indctment, under section 766, and under section 751, subdivision 12, of the Penal Law, with making a false statement of the results of the primary election held in the city and county of New York, on the 19 th day of September, 1917, for the nomination of mayor of the city of New York, on the Republican ticket, while the said defendant was acting as an inspector of election.

Section 766 of the Penal Law at this time read as follows:

“ An inspector or poll clerk of an election or town meeting, who…