The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-05-15
CITY AND STATE NEWS.


room at the Court House at 10 O'Clock
Yesterday morning, to hear the evidence
in the cases of voters against whom
charges had been preferred by the under
lings, or sub registrars The Board hav'
ing at a previous meeting ruled ont law
yers, mot wishing to hear the tar OH any
point, no doubt the complainantS anu
defendants appeared before the dlgniileo
BODY to manage their own cases.
Tho case of Henry HEWITT; OF Richie
.r,rnebip who was charged with adj
,isinc Union soldiers to desert, and dis
,egarding the test oath, was the first
rrj,d. whcu the following highly impor-
tant and interesting evidence was elicit
"a ON the part of the prosecution or
persecution:
Daniel Morris, sworn-I live in Mar
shall county; was member of the 18th
" Va Infantry know HEWITT, but am
not intimately acquainted with him;
| formed his acquaintance at the bar IN
his saloon; do not know anything
about him attempting to induce soldiers
to desert; about four or five weeks ago
heard him say he was going down To
be registered as he wished to vote the
Democratic ticket upon this ground l
think he disregards his oath, az 20 man
can take that oath and vote for rebels
heard HEWITT say be did not think
taking the oath would compel him to
vote for any particular party man. Here
the members of the august body indnlg.
"a in little tete tete Mr.. North did
not think the evidence amounted to any
thing. Mr.. Blair wished to know at
about what time the conversation took
Mace between Morris and HEWITT Mr.
Clohan, President of the Board, said be
felt free to say that the test oath dtd moi
lind person to r0te for any particular man,
and. as there appeared to he no objec
tiop TO this assertion by the other mem
hers Of the Board, we feel at liberty to
,nrounce il as a final decision on that
point. | don't recollect ever hearing
HEWITT say anything about supporting
West Virginia
Clinton Norton sworn I never heard
HEWITT say anything about soldiers de
serting;I once heard him say. he had
taken an oath to support West Virginia,
but as the State was unCOnstitutlonally
formed no did not consider the oath
,clueuI ne w" -; H. bo bo1 loan rnois
tered
Question by John w Shultz, sub.reg'
istrar of Richie township.-Did you
ever hear HEWITT say he wOnld take any
oath before he would lose his vote!
Mr. Norton No
W., Vnnn, oror, .Hova heep in tbe
my. rTen If home one time ON n sick
fnIi nob Kaw;tt said the rebels won)d
n.hin na nn5 wonII finally triumph
~, J"tP ,. 40 80 fobting for niogers and if
h ""T n m0 w NV Mace he World nnt 90
',' We" 90 'ho 80 ond fiobt for onv such
,,nvernmrI.
49, Gon.,;,,, J., - uI,z-Did Kewi,t.y,r
Et,h,t Lo Hnu,,. Nv. Won a home at
b'ns..as Inry,,,ru wished to STAY
-. No
6mantior NV Kex,tt Mr. Young did
70 ~, 10 n,,c, hot ynp v.rr tivl,t
IoI no' telt n,o "''' = '''.''
'N% lol n'sST AL. ond tnld Won
iou 10 r;otorinns
NI Ho"!u aatod Tho ayidance for the rerse.
.io "a Nessrs lanes l. HAY. DIR.
Eu''ou' .'r - cL,Itz ond Fred Shank
ldLoio . oa yv;tneSSos for the defend.
were S"o'" 90
"" A. How raoard,d HEWITT as LOYAL.
iaw.abiding man, and knew that lie had
rontributed twenty-five dollars to the
hounty fund for recruits to the Union
army, when he (K.) was not liable to the
draft, and his oldest son was bnt twelve
oars of ace.
Henry Sbultz had been soldier; he
,agarded HEWITT TO be as good and as
InToI a man as there was in Ritchietown.
Dr HaIiett had talked politics FIRE.
,nortlr witb hewitt and while he had
iIrays regarded him as an ultra Demo-
crot he was sure he was a loyal, law
,h Lea, citizen
III SbonE said he had known
Eawitt Intimately for Years and alwass
inoi'od rnon him as GOOD peaceabie
iocai non be had never heard him
20. "a disloyal word
Strar%e as If may seem, when the evil
j.nce nd been heard. the Board was
,nf ready to announce its decision, and,
nrohahIy remembering the fact that
t;arge bodies move sloWlv."a recess as
- mil two O'Clock
W W. ""t tbe ougnst Lodv re assembled,
d. 5o,-od tbot tho CHARGE he
Sti' l. Dan H. ~ 80 of Henrv
dismissed, anu 'n"C IN 'no p n" hoot
hewitt remain on the hePIStIdi pooh'