Sherman v. People

This is a proceeding for contempt of court, instituted in the county court of Cook county by the State’s attorney, against plaintiffs in error, for misbehavior as judges of election during the judicial election held June 1,1903, in the twenty-seventh precinct of the eighteenth ward in the city of Chicago.

On June 8, 1903, one Robert N. Dodson filed his affidavit in the county court, in which he stated that he was a duly registered voter, and voted in said twenty-seventh precinct at the election held June 1, 1903; that the three judges and two clerks were present at the time he cast his vote,…