The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-03
LEGAL INTELLTG ENCE.
Election DewdrOps.


COURT OF QUARTER SEssIoNs.-Judge Peiroe
and Mr.. Sheppard were at court this morning
TO attend to the various cases that might De
brought up from the polls and Messrs. Dwight,
Goforth, Lippincott, and other members of Tue
bar were present to render assistance when
The first case brought in was that OF James
Dufiey, " no was ested at the sixth dlvisiou OF
the Fourth ward for obstructing the election.
1t was complained that he engaged heavily In
challenging Republican votes aud when others
offered TO challenge he made the most violent
objections A difficulty arose in regard TO n GER
tain vote, angry words followed, and he aud
several others riotously tore ont the frame of
The window where votes we're being taken.
Duff, y denied that he did any more than q lie ly
exeI else bis right of challenge in all Cases that
he deemed proper.
TIE Judge declined to enter irto the merits OF
the case. and said that his intention was only
10 grant relief from imprisonment by allowing
bail. He required him TO enter bail in $1,000 TO
appear at the present term of the court.
able onid of l,ong Green" next made his ap-
pearance, complaining that his time houored
printed form." Issued by the courts OF Ken
tucEy, bad been rejected 10 day Ps an evidence
OF his qualification as a good voter. the Judge
election officers that this man was entitled to
Mr.. Edward Deschamps then informed his
Honor that he, having voted in Frankford on
last election day. and having moved into the
Ninth precinct OF the Seventeenth ward on the
l6tb of October, offered this morning to vote
there. The Judge sent word to the election
officers that this gentleman was entitled to
vote.
Another case was brought up in which the
vote OF naJuralized citizen had been rejected
on the ground that the certificate purported to
be for minor, and clearly the man was not q
minor; but the Court saw no evidence on the
paper that it was o minors paper, and sent q
message to that effect to the election judge.
Several cases were heard, In which naturall-
Zation papers were rejected because they were
signed 9Th omas b. Reeves, ProthouotHry OF the
Common Pleas" instead of for the Prothono.
tary. The Court merely suggested that the
signatures should be amended by the Deputy
ProthonOtary.
A babeas corpus case was heard In which a
Mr.. Diamond applied for his discharge from
arrest, which was made at the polls. 1t appears
that as he was standing in the line of the Second
division of the Fourth ward he was arrested
by policeman without warrant, but upon in
falsely vouched for two New York thieves. The
Court said The arrest was improper, and at once
disc harged Diamond.
William McKuen, just exactly of voting age,
stated to his Honor that he arrived at the age
OF ms nhood in. June last, was q native OF New
m, u ths ago. and, without making any misrep.
resen tatioD had voted on last election day; but
this morning his vote was rejected and he
wished to know whether he was entitled to
voie. The Judge good-naiuredly answered.
| Certainly not" and the young gentleman de-
| parted smiling.
Another case consisted of rejection, be-
| cause the voter had already been falsely imper-
| sonated but the Court could not in terfere.
voter was refused at the Sixth division OF
| the Fifl h ward because he had been convicted
| and had served out his ,erm. Tue Court held
| this to be no disqualification, and sent the maA
| back TO vote.
But in most of these cases the Court seemed
| inclined TO stop at granting relief from i'm
pTsonment.