In re Lauer

The petitioner is one of five persons duly nominated for the office of justice of the Supreme Court by the Republican judicial district convention for the first district. The last day for filing the certificate of nomination was October 3, 1933, being the fifth Tuesday preceding the general election (Election Law, § 140, subd. 5). The convention was held on October second. On the night of October third the secretary of the convention, having previously prepared the minutes and the certificate of nomination which contained the names of the petitioner and his four associates, met one John Kane,…