State v. Vause

Citations

• 84 Ohio St. (N.S.) 207

Syllabus

<p>Indictment under Sections 2966-7, 2966-37, and 2950, Revised Statutes — Charging judge of elections with looking at ballot of voter — And disclosing how ballot was marked — Such indictment charges offense under Section 2966-46, Revised Statutes.</p> <p>When an indictment drawn under favor of Sections 2966-7, 2966-37 and 2950, Revised Statutes, charges in substance that the defendant, being the duly appointed and qualified presiding judge at an election, received a ballot offered by an elector, properly folded, to be by him deposited in the ballot box; and ' thereupon the defendant unlawfully, fraudulently, knowingly and wilfully unfolded said ballot and looked at the same and saw for what persons said elector had voted, and thereupon disclosed to certain persons how and in what manner and for whom said elector had marked his ballot and voted, such indictment charges an offense which is punishable as prescribed in Section 2966-46, Revised Statutes.</p>