Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-12-18

R.H. Paul, Republican candidate tar sheriff at the late election in Pima '-.urtv. today filed with Mir. Price, .r-inr Clerk of the District Court, the preliminary papers in a suit to contest -Be election of Chas. A. Shibell as sheriff
 The complaint alleges m substance ,b5t R. II Paul has been for upward .,f me year past and now is a resident 5r Pima county and a duly qualified .lerfor of said county; that at the gen rral election held in sad county on tse 2d day ol November last R II. psul and Chas. X. Shibell were rival candidates for the office of Sheriff of ssi5 county: that on the 10th day of November the Board of Supervisors mel and proceeded to estimate the -a-e cast al said election, and that upau the completion Of their estimate, al the l9th day of November, did draw up and sign a statement thereof, ,,c.. which statement was filed, to- r7tber with the returns received from each precinct in said county, with the Clerk Of the Board of Supervisors, and then and there declared ,he said Chas. A. Shibell elected sheriff of Pima county for the term next ensuing; that, according to said estimate and statement, the whole number of votes cast at said election 0a, 3.3g4. Cf which Paul received GGS and Shibcll 1,126; that the Clerk made out and delivered to Shibell a
 IL oF n mn. 1,r votes estimated and counted by the Supervisors as having been cast for Shibell were l03 votes purporting to have been cast al the election precinct known as San Simon, all of which ygte the complainant ayers were ille- ral and not given by qualified cleo tors of said county of Pima; that no election was held or conducted at said precinct by any appointed or elected inspectar and I.i-es of election, or by
 any officer CT officers authorized by law tO hold or conduct the same, and that the returns therefrom are wholly fictitious: that the names of Henry Johnston las InspeCtOr) and George Ross .as iudgel were fictitious; that no such persons participated at such election. nor were the persons whose names are appended 10 said pretended returns citizens of or residents in the county OH the day of election, or for long tune previous, nor were any of them appointed or chosen thereto or sworn in as officers of said election, nor were the votes which appear by said returns to have been cast at said election at said precinct cast therein; also, that at the duly established pre- ciuct at Tres AlamOs contestant re- ceiyed 11 votes and Shibell , votes, but that the officers of said precinct failed to send the full returns tO the Board of Supervisors, by reason whereof the Board was unable 10 in clUde said vote in Its estimates: that at the precinct of Tombstone the Board of Judges were guilty of malconduct, !nasmuch as during the progress of the count Of the votes they permitted 6 person not an officer of election, one Burdett, Co take a considerable num- Der of ballots out of the box for the ost ensible purpose Of assisting in the counting of the same and 10 erase from 21 of the ballots, before the same were counted, the name of contestant, n whose favor said ballots had been east. who thereby lost the same; that in addition tO the 27 votes SO erased, th, judges failed to count g votes cast for complainant; that in addition to above statement, 100 illegal votes were cast and counted for Shibell; that contestant received the highest num- Der of votes, and he therefore contests the election of Shibell on that ground, and prays that the election of Shibell be annulled and set aside, and that contestant be declared duly elected to the office of Sheriff of Pima county, etc.
 The attorneys for the contestant are Messrs. Earll & Smith. Campbell & Robinson and John Haynes.
 Judge French has issued an ordor for q special term of the Distrier Court, 10 commence on the 2Sth inset and the above case has been set ft,, hearing on that date.