State v. Swift

The appellee, on the 12th day of May, 1880, was indicted as an inspector of an election, for refusing to receive the vote of an elector.

The indictment charges, that on the 4th day of May, 1880, in the city of New Albany, an election was held for the purpose of electing a common councilman, at the voting precinct of the sixth ward in said city; that the appellee was duly appointed an inspector af said election, and acted as such; that one James Y. Kelso, who was then and there a legal and qualified voter of said precinct, and entitled to vote at said election, offered his vote at said…