Opinion
Gen. No. 44,096. (Abstract of Decision.)
Opinion filed February 16, 1948 Rehearing denied March 2, 1948 Released for publication March 2, 1948
ELECTIONS, § 241 — prosecution of election officials. In prosecution of election officials charged with permitting applications containing forged signatures of voters to be presented and filed, and ballots cast in names of such persons, where it appeared that several applications were in fact forged, in absence of any evidence in record that two officials had anything to do with comparison of signatures and approval of voters' applications, conviction of them was not sustained by evidence, but conviction of third official, whose name or initials appeared on all but one of voters' applications, approving applicants' right to vote, was not against manifest weight of evidence.
See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. EDMUND K. JARECKI, Judge, presiding.
Affirmed as to Kilburg; reversed as to Brown and Casella. Heard in the first division, first district, this court at the June term, 1947.
Elliodor M. Libonati, for appellants;
William Vihon, of council;
William J. Tuohy, State's Attorney, for appellee;
John F. Cashen, Jr., Special Attorney to Board of Election Commissioners, of counsel.
Not to be published in full. Opinion filed February 16, 1948; rehearing denied March 2, 1948; released for publication March 2, 1948.