State Ex Rel. Moore v. Blake

Proceeding by quo warranto.

The relator, Herbert Moore, appellant here, was elected and qualified as sheriff of Colbert county. Pending his incumbency he was convicted in the District Court of the United States of the offense of conspiracy to violate the Federal Prohibition Law, and sentenced to imprisonment in the federal penitentiary for a term of two years. Pending an appeal to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, and while relator was at large on an appearance bond, the Governor declared the office vacant ,and appointed the respondent, J. H. Blake, to such vacancy. Relator…