Branton v. State

Ed. F. McFaddiN, Justice.

The defendant (appellant) was convicted of a violation of § 4873, Pope’s Digest, in that he distributed unofficial ballots for the purpose of instructing voters how to vote. He has appealed. That portion of § 4873, Pope’s Digest, here involved, reads: “It shall be unlawful to print or distribute any, ballots outside of those ballots ordered for use in the election, for the purpose of instructing voters how to vote. ’ ’

The evidence — the sufficiency of which is not here challenged — shows: that the Democratic primary was on August 10, 1948; that on the night of August…