Show election contest cona colla A t le L L fails r alls to LO Oust Maughan attempt to show illegal mogul voting at school election Elect ioa fa fal l larye luge crow crowds ft at tend each day A C arl the th part of at the prine spring term ann of district court held here hete this week ana devoted to the bearing the the case of 0 if aalur woolley 00 iley vi vs charles P maughan the former contesting tb the election of the later as ft a grember of the uintah county board boara of education at sit the no election helo december 3 1930 mr maughon maughan won the tec con ton by the denous martin margin of two vote votes as recorded in the official owal count ind and vas was inducted into office mr woolley based his contest on the following grounds that in north athley ashley precinct the judge judges as oe election were gullo of mat MAI con oon duct in that they counted for mr maughan certain illegal ballots which should not have been counted at all that if only lepa votes er titled to be counted had ben boon given to coi then contestant would have received the highest number of vote votes and would have been en titled to a certificate of election that on the day of election in north ashley precinct two members of the personal campaign committee comIt tee of mr marshm in violation of the cor rupt bupt practices ftc of utah furnished conveyances for voters to and from the polla polls that on art the same me day and place they electioneered within feet of the polling place that mr maughan personally 1111 for carrying voters to the polls when the safe kase was brought to a hear hearne ng bea t j judge george W worthen five witnesses it nesses were examined miss lucille johnson Joh raon ass in isabelle Isab johnson both teachers in the haeser school mrs lien samuels mrs cloe hall flail mcconkle and smith ornith mr woolley a attorney contested the eligibility of the misses hisses johnson asto their right to vote in uintah county both having continued en on page ten fals TO OUST continued from page one resided in salt lake city tor for some borne time the question ot of whether or not they the had a right to vote ate in the school election last december w was a vital in view ot of the act fact thal mr maughan maegt en had a majority of u to two votes only judge worthen rued that they had bad the legal right to cast their billoti ballots at that election mr mrs ren samuels whose husband has a homestead tn in colorado at one time i vent went to the homestead for or a stay of tew few seeks tile the court ruled that in so doing she had bad not lost aier er franchise in this county or state fran smith was examined en on the bitners stand by mr woolley 3 attorney to in connection with t alleged of the misses john mn n ox voters tn in this county mrs doe clot hall mcconkle mcconkie was as examined is 13 to her right to vote here and again the court ruled she had that right when V lian the examination of wit tessea and the arguments of coun ea el were concluded judge worthen ruled that mr mir maughan was leg legally ally elected as a bemb lr of 0 the uintah county board ot of education and en ditled to hold the office attorney hugh W colton depre anted the defendant and attorney dallas if you ling represented the plaintiff A complete record of 0 disposition easel cases on the calendar for hearing will be published in the in our next issue |