37 Tenn. 438 | Tenn. | 1858
delivered the opinion of the Court.
1. This contrivance to evade the law by a sale of property for more than its value, to be paid or not, upon the contingency of the result of an election has been long ago held to be unavailing as a defense. 5 Humph., 561.
2. The charge that the bet was upon the presidential candidates, instead of the electors, is good, as we have held at the present term, in the case of Porter vs. The State.
3. The main ground relied upon for reversal is, that
Affirm the judgment.