State v. Doe
State v. Doe
Opinion of the Court
Defendant was convicted on tbe charge of attempting to vote at a primary election on the name of another person appearing on the registration boohs and prosecutes the appeal from that judgment.
The election at which defendant attempted to vote in the name of another was a primary election held in accordance with our statutes for the purpose of selecting delegates to a congressional convention, thereafter to be held on a date mentioned, in the Eleventh Congressional District of the State, which is within the city. By the act of the Legislature, Laws of 1901 p. 149, a primary election for the purposes necessary to this case is authorized to be held in cities with over 300,000 inhabitants. The court is judicially advised that the city of St. Louis at the date charged in the information was a city of more than 300,000 inhabitants and that the primary election law mentioned was in force therein. By section 12 of the act referred to, to be found in Annotated Statutes of Missouri, 1906, section 7162 (12), authority is given to hold such primary elections for the purpose of electing delegates in the wards or election districts of such city to the convention of the political party involved for the purpose of nominating candidates for Congress. The last and concluding section of the
The information preferred against defendant charges the offense in the language of the statute and besides others above mentioned it points out all of the essential details concerning the election, the ward, election district, the date, particular polling place essential to identify the alleged act and sufficiently notified defendant of the nature and cause of the accusation against him in accordance with the requirements of our Constitution. The information is in all respects formal and concludes with the allegation that defendant’s act was against the peace and dignity of the State as prescribed by the Constitution.
The information is in all respects sufficient and no error appears on the face of the record proper, which alone is before us. The defendant was duly arraigned and pleaded not guilty. A. jury trial was had and by the verdict a fine of five hundred dollars was assessed against him. On this verdict a valid judgment in regular form was entered and it should be affirmed. It is so ordered.
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