UNITED STATES v. ANDERSON

No. 72-1069.

481 F.2d 685 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William N. ANDERSON et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip A. Baer, Huntington, W. Va. (Baer & Napier, Robert H. Burford and Beckett, Burford & James, Huntington, W. Va., on brief) for appellants.

Robert B. King, Asst. U. S. Atty. (John A. Field, III, U. S. Atty., on brief) for appellee.

Before WINTER and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges, and MURRAY, District Judge.


DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

The defendants were convicted by a jury of violating Section 241, 18 U.S.C., which makes it a crime for two or more persons to conspire to injure any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of his federal constitutional rights. The prosecution arose out of a primary election in Logan County, West Virginia. The offense involved the alleged "stuffing" of the ballot box with illegal ballots at...

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