Wilmington journal., 1875-08-27
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE
ROBESON COUNTY COMMITS
SIONERS.

eson county, we publish the complaint
of Messrs. Norment and Mcneil, tiled
by them in the Superior Court OF that
county. The summons to the defen-
dants to appear before Judge Settle IN
Greensboro. at Chambers on Tuesday
next, was issued i'll the usual form, by
the Clerk of Robeson Superior Court,
in accordance with sections 3Sl@ ana
3S1c Code of Civil Procedure here
in below printed.
North CArolina, In the Superior
Robson comfy. ! Court.
Richard NJ. Norment and n III Nc
Neill, Plaintiffs. VS.. the Board OF Com
missioners of Robson county, AMI
Frederick McMillan, Sheriff Of Robe
son county.
The Plaintiffs above named com
planning of the Defendants above
named allege.
[. Crhis section recites IL st an cleo
ton for two delegates was held ac-
c0rdirg to law. on the 9Th Of August
H. (This section recitCs, the lud8Fss
of election made oneir IespeCtlVa re
turns Of all the votes cast and tor
whom to the Commis 5ioners III due
trrna Il. Nj Normcnt r"c.ivcd 1,7!l
voyes, Neill Mcneil received l,7,"
that Duncan Sinclair received l,73I,
and that c. a. McfInchin received
,7IS-scattering one vote, aud tfIHt
theao were all the votes cast.)
! III. That nevertheless the datcnd1nt.
| th. Board of Commissioners aforesaid,
composed of Daniel $. Morrison,
chairman, John L. Pope. Henry +.
Pittman, Alexander Humphrey and
| Samuel W. Thompson, refused /"
compare, or count, or add up, or IN
a,iywise recognize the votes cast for
delegates to said Convention, winch
were returned t. them as aforesaid
from the election precincts III s''id
county, known respectively by the nam"
of Britts, Burnt Swamp, blno Springs
and Lumber Bridge-belng four III
nun ber, and proceeded to compare
and add only the votes returned from
the remaining precincts, and from
such so-calIed Illegal comparison and
addition Of votes it appeared that for
delegates to said Convention
Dur can Sinclair received 1882 votes,
and @. A. McEachim received 1874
votes.
The Plaintiff Richard II, Norment,
delegate, received 1908 votes.
The Plaintiff NeilI McNeill, received
1893 votes.
". (After reciting the number of
votes cast, and for whom, i'll the f0nr
precincts, this section allegeE:)
That as added the votes from the
said four precincts not compared
with and added to the votes from the
other precincts by the defendant as
aforesaid for delegates to said COnven
ton were cast as follows, to wit:
For Plaintiff Richard NJ. Norment,
81 votes.
For Plaintiff Neil Mcneil, 55S votes.
For Duncan Sinclair 355 votes
For G.. A. McEachim, 334 votes.
For scattering, l vote.
Y. That the Defendant, the Board
of Commissioners, refused to add the
votes so cast at the said fosr precinct
for Delegates to said Convention to the
votes cast at the other precincts for
Delegates to said Convention upon tie
sole g1'Otu2d that the Roll Books OF
said four precincts had not been re-
turned as the law requires, and having
only compared and added up the votes
for Delegates cast at the the precincts
other than britt's, Blue Springs, Burnt
Swamp and Lumber Bridge, declared
that Duncan Sinclair and G.. A.
McEachin had been elected as dele,
gates to represent the County Of Rob
eson in said Conventio ion. Thus de-
priving large portion ot
the electors of said county
of their right of suffrage, refusing to
, declare the Plaintiffs who had received
the highest number of votes as elected
Delegates to said Convention and de-
claring as elected two persons who had
received with the exception of one
vote) the lowest number of votes cast
for delegates to said convention.
VI. That prior to the announce
ment by the defendants as aforesaid
that Duncan Sinclair and Q. A. Me
Eachin had been elected that the Plain
. tiff Norment demanded that the said
Commissioners should adj votes they
cast for delegates at the said four eiec-
tion precincts of Britts Blue Springs.
Burnt Swamp and Lumber Bridge, to
those cast for delegates at the other
precincts and declared the result ac-
cordingly which the said Board withthe
exception of Mr.. Thompson refused to
do and declared the so-caIled result us
, aforesaid, and also demanded of the
Sheriff certificates for Plaintiffs which
he refused to give.
The plaintiffs allege as afores aid
upon the foregoing statement of facts
that at said election for delegates
they were duly and legally elected as
delegates to represent RObesOn COun-
ty in said Convention and were enti-
tled to have that result declared by
the defendent upon their demand as
aforesaid, and to a certificate there
upon, having each received a maiOri-
ty of all the votes cast at said election.
VIII. That to enforce their legal
right as herein asserted the
Plaintiffs have commenced civil nc
ton against the Defendent pursuant
to Section 331 a;and 38l G of the it'll,
chapter of Battles Revised by the Is
J suing of summons as therein prOvi
ded for
Wherefore the plaintiffs pray Judge
mont that it be declared and adiudgeG
: by the Court that the Plaintiff i{iciar1
) NJ, NOrmcnt did at said elecrion re
, ceive for Delegates to said Convention
to represent the County OF knhtanr
the highest numb r OF votes cast in
tire County of RobesOn and that the
Plaintiff Neiil McNeiIl did at said ciec
ton receive the next highest numbc,
, of votes cast for Deieg, to to said
Convention in said county.
And that It be further declared
that the defendant should on til.
: 7th day of August 1876, hnve compnr
ed with and added to the votes cas-
for Delegates to said Convention at the
precincts in said Couu y other THAI
those of Britts, Blue Springs, Burn
Swamp, and Lumber Bridge the votes
cast for such Delegates at tine said fou
| last named precincts and that tha sal,
Naniel L. Morrison, John T. Pope,
| Henry F. Pittman Alex. Humphrey
and Samuel w. Thompson be require,
immediately to assemble in Their Cor
porate capacity as the Board 0
Commissioners of Robescn Couu
ty and then forthwith compar,
with and add to the votes herewith com
pared and added up by them for Deleg