People ex rel. Fuller v. Hilliard

The petition in this case sets forth and shows that at an election held on the 4th day of November, 1862, for members of the General Assembly, and other officers in the county of Cook, the relator, with others, was a candidate for representative in the sixtieth representative district, and was eligible to the office; that, at the election, thirty-four hundred and twenty-nine votes were cast for the relator,, thirty-four hundred and twelve votes were cast for George H. Gage, thirty-three hundred and eighty-five votes were cast for Michael Brand, and thirty-three hundred and seventy-seven votes…