Carter v. State

FROM tbe Circuit Court of Talladega. Tried before tbe Hon. Jons HendersoN. Tbe indictment in tbis case contained two counts; but a demurrer was sustained as to tbe first count, and tbe trial was bad on tbe second count only, wbicb alleged, tbat tbe defendant, Dennis Carter, alias Dennis Knox, “ not being of tbe age of twenty-one years, did unlawfully deposit bis ballot, as bis vote, at a general election field in said county on tbe 3d day of November, 1874; contrary to law, and against tbe peace,” &c. Tbe defendant demurred to each count in tbe indictment, “ on tbe ground tbat neither of them…