Commonwealth v. Combs
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 48. — PROSECUTION AGAINST H. C. COMBS, COUNTY CLERK, FOR KNOWINGLY AND WILFULLY FAILING AND REFUSING TO HAVE A NOMINEE PLACED ON THE OFFICIAL BALLOT. Appeal from Owsley Circuit Court. H. C. Faulkner, Circuit Judge. From an instruction of the court to find the defendant not guilty the Commonwealth appeals.
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Case 48. — PROSECUTION AGAINST H. C. COMBS, COUNTY CLERK, FOR KNOWINGLY AND WILFULLY FAILING AND REFUSING TO HAVE A NOMINEE PLACED ON THE OFFICIAL BALLOT. Appeal from Owsley Circuit Court. H. C. Faulkner, Circuit Judge. From an instruction of the court to find the defendant not guilty the Commonwealth appeals. In the case at bar the appellee, H. C. Combs, the county clerk of Owsley county, was indicted in the Owsley Circuit Court, at its May term, 1903, charged with the crime of wilfully and knowingly refusing and failing to have the name of a candidate, printed upon the official election…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge O’Rear
Certifying opinion.
The governing committee of the Republican party of Owsley county ordered a primary election to select candidates of that party for the various county offices to be voted at the November election, 1901. The election was held, but, owing to some mishap, the ballots prepared for one precinct were not provided, or were not delivered, so that the voters of that precinct did not get to vote in that primary. The election proceeded in the other precincts. The result showed that A. C. Hyden had received the highest number of the votes cast as the nominee for…
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- Young v. YoungCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1903
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