Commonwealth v. Goulet

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Settle

Affirming.

By an indictment returned bv the grand jury of Kenton county, November 9, 1909, in the circuit court of that county then in session in the city of Covington, appellant was charged with the crime of nnlawfnllv. wilfully and feloniously marking, mutilating and defacing-*844an official election ballot for the purpose of invalidating the same, he being at the time an inspector of the election.

When tried under the indictment appellant was acquitted by the jury in obedience to a peremptory instruction from the circuit court, it being the opinion of that…