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The Greenville Enterprise
Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina
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In South Carolina, the election contest for a congressional seat between C. C. Bowen and R. C. DeLarge was decided in Bowen's favor after commissioners William Langley and Gleaves were convicted of ballot stuffing and fraud in Beaufort County, sentenced to two years in prison by Judge Bond in Charleston.
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The New York Sun says the contest between C. C. Bowen and R. C. DeLarge of South Carolina, for the honor of a seat in the Forty-second Congress, has been virtually decided in favor of the former. The Commissioners of Election of Beaufort county (in DeLarge's district) were arraigned and tried last week in the U. S. Circuit Court at Charleston, upon an indictment setting forth "that William Langley, and Gleaves, the aforesaid Commissioners, had, while acting in that capacity at the last election, stuffed the ballot boxes, falsified the election record, made false returns of the number of votes cast, and committed divers other acts in violation of the United States enforcement law. The jury found the prisoners guilty, and Judge Bond sentenced them each to two years' imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The Court having thus sustained Mr. Bowen's charges of fraud in that district, it is more than likely that Mr. DeLarge will have to retire and give place to his contestant.
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South Carolina
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Last Week
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commissioners william langley and gleaves sentenced to two years' imprisonment; likely r. c. delarge to retire in favor of c. c. bowen.
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Contest for congressional seat in Forty-second Congress between C. C. Bowen and R. C. DeLarge decided in Bowen's favor after Beaufort County election commissioners tried in U. S. Circuit Court at Charleston for stuffing ballot boxes, falsifying records, and violating enforcement law at last election; jury found them guilty.