Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-12-16
Hl7T B. N0LL
WINS COMPLETE VICTORY
Contest Tor Clerkship Of Circuit
Court for Howard Co. Decid-
ed By Court Of Appeals.
JOHN F. O'MALLEY LOSES.
Sn rs7rs, As Board Of Canyassers,
Should Have Counted Certain Dis
r.ct Re,urns---lmpOrtant De-
cision Rendered.

cIsl0n Rendered.
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.l...... u.s.rirt O'WaIlev got 275
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.-. 90 A,,ssis which bolds
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..... .r r.rig.fva votes for Non
a......- "a. ro,rt the, noints ont
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-. 80. s.It - ,,nnoss,h,a
n GA IN tbs s-swer anv satisfactory
,.os,o u, tbs foo convasars . dont,ng
a-5es t-s eorrsct nnn,bar . : .votes
.,st nv olv,lIa,, oybep tho otber.talI,,
s5so. o,ry had o72 tarv limos ~
.,.,t, lea r,ora .r,,a +hat +bo,,
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s5.ers ,s tbair sDswe, allegss No
,-,,l. .,.,..., "a d,scIosod ror saIa.+;rc,
.5a o,a with o75 marks which md no
intrinsic srno,rt for the three addition
al marks rather than the one with 272
which was ,3p6rmed nv the certificate
,f tba six oloctio, otficers and r. i
NOT claimed or suogasted That tho
..r, NTH o7o ,,o,t,s 1id Oot contai,,
",.sa- n,.;t.v. or;cinaI and conter,,-
r,r.oe,n- e,tries ar rocorrls,, &c vo+es
grtus'lv rsst and set down nnon the
aIyshaet by the clerk
Referring further to the two tailv
sheets i'm this precirct the ouinion
SAYS. "it is not pretended that they
a.tyer In anv resrect a. To the num-
os- of narls and as we have seep
t1s ru1,rar o,, the ono eorrasnords with
ths ..-t,b,oto ~ tbs sl.ctiop oB.ials
vbTs tf. .,ths- d. ,,t >,
Ss r,-.,s tb.. ..n,,ass.-s ,hoos;r,,
b..s....,,. tb., .};,r.-,.,+ t-iI,, ,Aaata +ho
arip.r- ss,- s,tbero i ,ot tba sIi,ht
e.t i.stf,,+.,r r, +ho statrta for
such 81 s-urss ~
Further discussino tho artion If
the ,anya.ssrs in selecting The tally
sbee. r.y.-g O'Naliey The greatest
number st votes. the Court Of Appeals
also SAYS. eff the board of canvassers,
ocHr..r.tv af them. can ignore the
certificates required to be executed
with s.. many safeguards thrown
around tttsu.and give q candidate three
more votes rhau the four certificates
signed ur .he six election officials
show Ha had. merely because they find
.a--c more marks on one Of two tally
sheets .t.u tht statute would be a
isr, l ol atTording protection. ("
lr L .assaee upon this point