United States v. Wilson

RIDGE, District Judge.

Defendants, officials and precinct workers at a primary election held in the State of Missouri, at which candidates for the United States Senate and Representatives of the House of Congress were nominated, are under indictment returned pursuant to Section 19 of the Criminal Code, Title 18, U.S.C.A. § 51, charged with conspiracy to injure and oppress certain voters in the Tenth Precinct of the First Ward, in Kansas City, Missouri, of rights and privileges secured to them “by the Constitution and laws of the United States.” Specifically, defendants are charged with having…