Frothingham v. Woodside

At the State election held on the second Monday of September, 1922, in Oxford County, Frank F. Woodside was the regular party nominee for sheriff on the Republican ballot and William 0. Frothingham, the regular party nominee on the Democratic ballot, for the same office. The returns, as counted by the Governor and Council, gave Woodside 5,002 votes; Frothingham, 4,990; and scattering, 2. A certificate of election was issued to Woodside; whereupon a petition was filed in due time by Frothing-ham to determine the election of sheriff, which, upon due notice, was heard by Chief Justice Cornish,…