Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-24
JUDGES CORRECT COUNT E. W. Higgins Gains T6 and R. j.. Jodoin Gains Eight Acordine to the
 Decision.

The judges of the supreme court who were selected to hear the contest ed election in this congressional dis trct as concerned the vote in Plain field made their report to the secretary of state on Wednesday. The report made by them was as follows:
 To the Honorable Secretary of State: This cartifies that on the 11th day of November, 1910, pursuant to sec | tion 1885 of the general statutes, complaint was brought to the under signed. John M. Thayer, judge ot the supreme court of errors, by Will | liam J. Kennedy, an elector of the town of Plainfield, in Windham county in the Third congressional district l claiming that at the election for rep resentative in congress held on the Sth day of November. 1910 in said district errors occurred in the rulings of the moderator and in the count of the vote for such representative in said | tC m; that pursuant to said statute a 1 hearing upon said complaint was or 1 dered to be had on the 18th day of | November 1910. at 10.30 in the fore noon, in the superior court room in ! Norwich, within said district and mo- ! tice ordered to be given to the candi- | dates whose election might be affected 1 by the decision upon such hearing, which notice was duly served that the undersigned, Samuel O. Prentice and Alberto T. Roraback, judges of the su prene court of errors designated by the chief justice for that purpose, and John M. Thayer, the judge to whom said complaint was brought proceeded to hear said complaint at the time and place designated, when the complaint and one of the candidates at said cleo tion for said office appeared by counsel and were heard thereon, and sufficient cause for opening the ballot box in said town and recounting the ballots therein h1Vinu hppn shown said hal lot box was opened by us and re- count of the ballots therein cast for representative in congress was made, and it was found that errors in the count of such ballots and in the rulings 1 of the moderator were made in said 1 town at said election.
 Whereupon we find and certify, as a result of our finding and decision. that 1 the following persons voted for repre- sentative in congress at said election in said town received the number of votes | set opposite their names, respectively: | For Edwin w. Higgins .... 316 l For Raymond J. Jodoin. 327 l For Edward Perkins Clarke. g | For James M Young. ...... 2
 1 For Louis Weingarth. .....
 | We further certify that we have de- posted said complaint with the answer
 1 filed thereto with the clerk of the su- perior court for New London county at Norwich.
 Dated at Norwich. this Fist day of 1 November. A. D. 1910.
 l Accompanying the report of the i judges was the official return of Ben
 jamin R. Briggs, the presiding officer
 at the election, by which the vote is
 1 given as follows:
 | Edwin w. Higgins . 914 1 Raymond J. Jodoin ...... 3f9 l Edward Perkins Clarke. .... g James M Young g..,.--...-..- Louis Weingarth ......
 1 This corrects the count in the town
 of Plainfield and gives MT. Jodoin a
 net gain of six. and while the judges
 i do not state about the discarded bal
 | lots 1t is indicated by the count that I50 of the 50 ballots were properly 1 thrown out
 1 The judges do not state which of l the ballots were improperly thrown
 out by the counters and moderator at l Plainfeld, but they evidently consid- 1 cred the intent of the voter in allowing 1 the ten to count.
 It is understood that MT. Jodoin will 1 take his case now before congress for | final settlement.