Weston v. Markgraf

At the November 2, 1926, election in Will county Alvah M. Weston was the republican and Albert E. Markgraf the democratic candidate for sheriff. The canvassing board found that Markgraf received 14,338 votes and Weston 13,412, thus giving a majority of 926, whereupon Markgraf was declared elected sheriff and duly qualified. A petition was filed by Weston and three others in the county court of Will county to contest the election. The petition set out certain mistakes, illegal voting, alteration of ballots and other frauds in certain of the election districts. An examination of the ballots…