Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-01-07

:, JANUARY z, ]
Lafayette county, Missouri, which ia
from aud umreversed;
that respondent on the - day of De-
cember, 1880, filed his application for
, mandsmus against James NJ. Crow
der, the city collector of the said city |
Of Lexington, to compel him to pay |
over to the respondent as city treas
urer- all the city money in his hands
that III said euit tho relator appeared,
by permission of the court by coun-
Gil, and at his instance and request |
the court went into All examination |
of the rights of both the relator mud |
respondent to said Office. aud as to whs |
was the legal register aud ea 00iciO |
treasurer OF said city that upon such
examination tile court fOnnd and de-
clared that respondent was the legal
register and treasurer of said city,
legally eutitlei to discharge all the
duties OF said office, aud ordered That
the revenue OF the city bs paid
over to him, which has been done;
wherefore respondent says that the
said circuit court having gone into
an examin ,tion of said question on
the motion of relator as aforesaid,
and having decided as aforesaid, aud
the revenue OF the city having been
paid to respondent under said judG-
ment, relator, Turner. is estOpped
from denying that respondent Ciag-
EFT, is the legal register aud treasurer
of said city, and said matter is res
adjudicata between the parties hereto.
5. And for q further separate all.
swer and return the respondent says
that at the election held on the first
Tuesday in June, 1880. under the
charter for city officers there were
cast for the relator the following
illegal and fraudulent votes, which
were counted for relator, and are
causes of objection set forth in the
aforesaid notice Of contest. given bv
respondent to relator, which said
votes are illegal for the causes stated.
and which respondent asks the court
here to examine into, aud are as fol-
lows, tc-wit;
(2). VIM. Slaughter had not resided
in the city sixty days, or any other
time before said election, nor was the
said Slaughter twenty-oue years of
age at the date of said election.
(3. Thomas Mallery for the reason
that he has not lived iu the city sixty
dave, or the state one year.
(G. Wesley Brice, for the reason
that he has not lived ID The city sixty
days, or the state one year uext be-
fore the election.
(5). Richard Mallery. for the reason
that he has not resided sixty days in
the city, or one year in the state next
before the election.
(6). Andrew Martin, for the reason
that he has not lived iu the city sixty
days, or in the state one year next be-
tore the election.
(O. William Ward. for the reason
that he has not lived in the city sixty
days, or in the state one year next be-
fore the election.
(S). Andrew Bush, for the reason
that he has not lived in the city sixty
! days, or in the state one year next be.
fore the election.
(9). Albert Price, for the reason
that he has not lived in the city sixty
days, or the state one year next be-
fore the election.
(10). Andrew Wilson, for the rea'
son that he has not lived in the city
sixty days, or the state one year mex
before the election.
(11). Hale Turner. for the reason
that lie has not resided sixty days II
the city, nor one year in the state
next before the election.
(l2). Chas. Davenport, for The rea
son that he has not resided i'll the city
sixty days, or in the state one yea
next before the election.
| (13). Edward Tracy. George Jones
Samuel Williams and Henry Williams
Henry Crump aud Samuel Crump
for the reason that they, and eacn o
them, have not resided in the city
sixty days, or the state one year mex
before the election.
I I4). Fletcher Walker, for the rea
son that lie was not 21 years of az
on tho day of election, and had no
resided in the city [sixty daysl mex
before the election.
J Q5). Jim Crawford, for the reasol
that he had been sentenced to am
imprisoned in the peniteutiary 0
, Missouri.
C16). william Jones, alias WilliaI
Webb, for the reason he has not re
, sided sixty days In the city next be
; fore the election.
Q7). Booth, voted under . fcitiou
| name not known, had not lived Il
the city sixty days.
: (18). Nathan Dowell, WIN. Sherman
7. e. Selleig, for the reason that the
or either Of them, had not resided j
: the city sixty days, or tho state on
year next before the election.
: (19). James E. Parker, Georg
. Fled, Henry Fields, Noah Stewart
: tor the reason that they have not live
In the city sixty days, or the state Oh
, year next before the election,
(2O). Moses Field, for the reason h
! has not resided sixty days III the cit
next preceding tho election.
3 (2D, James Bush, for the reaso
, that he has not lived in the city sixt
days, or the state one year next pre-
ceding The election.
(23). VIM. NJ. Borden and Samut
Berryhill, not resided In the city siz
ty days, or the state one year ne1
e preceding the election.
Respondent asks the court 10 il
3 quire into the right of said partie
3 to vote at said election.
G (24). John Luster. Jasper Berr,
hill. John 7, Dwyer. Albert Smitl
5 tor the reason that they, nor eithe
| Of them have resided in the city 81,
q ty days, or the the state Que year ne1
8 before the election.
e (25). r. Fl. Coates William Row
land and Nathan Meyers, for the rel
8 son that they, nor either of thel
: have resided in the city sixty day
n or iu the state one whole year.
( Jesse Earl, for the reason he vote
/ for Turner, and the said vots WI
Q counted for Henry Turner.
: William Lewis, for the reaeon L
! had not resided in the state of Mi
;; souri, one year preceding the ele,
; ton.
!. Gus Marsh, for the reason that h
, had not resided in tne city sixty da,
/ next preceding the election.
+. Wherefore the respondent asks tn,
Y the court will look into and ex4miu
: the qualifications of the above Name
l parties to vote at said election, All
j. that if found to be illegal, that sal
Y votes he deducted from said vot,
r cast and returned at said election
j that the court will further find aud d
: clare respondent the legal register a,
j. e1-oficio treasurer of said city, all
!. VIII order and require relator I
). turn over TO him the city seal AL
j. the remaining books and papers
8 his bands belonging to said city, al
8 that respondent may be discharge
- with his costs; aud that the cou