State Ex Rel. Barrett v. Sartorius

Certiorari to review the order of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis requiring relators (Board of Election Commissioners) to permit C.L. Owen to be registered as a qualified voter.

Owen appealed to the Circuit Court, from the action of the Board in striking his name from the list of registered voters, under the provisions of Sec. 12221 (R.S. 1939) Mo. R.S. Ann. The Board so acted because Owen had entered a plea of guilty to an indictment for attempting to evade payment of income taxes to the United States. (Title 26, Sec. 145b, U.S. Code.) 26 U.S.C.A., Int. Rev. Code, Sec. 145(b). This…