The sun., 1870-10-22
THE ELECTION LAW FAILS.
UNITED srhThS COMMISSIONER os-
BORNE,S DECISION
Tie Officers Have no Power IN Make Arrests
Five Prisoners DischR rgrd-Secrct Cnu-
cue of John IoN With MRrsbnf sharpe
Tony Ilnrtmnn Denied an Examination.


Five Prisouers Discharged-~ecrc Cnu-
cue OF John IoN With Marshal sharpe
Tony Hnrtmnn Denied au Examination.
John Fox, Coroner rlynn, nnl other leaders Of
te fonrr Democracy assembled yesterday IN Com.
missioner OsOorn's Court TO hear the decision IN
uie cases o. Philip Can't ron. James Turns, James
NoCar ny, Tntick NtC.rdv atc Patrick ca Ian.
"ho were & arSed vith resisting tie Depu'y Mr..
sa's at 50 Greenwich streei, wien the, c'usei 10
register tie name O. Daniel Leary. alter ns tai
.hovn :; en- his cert.ncac orcilzei shin. The iris.
oners arc oil Ifisimep, and sdhetents NJ Tammany
and tfcir ffiends wee present in large rumbere
L. common with OIL ers In tie First Ward. thev eu
teftain very bitter feeling against Yr Fop because
Of bis alliance with Marshal Sharpe. Col Bliss. Thos
Acton nnd other Republicans, to carry out the
United States election law. When the cases were
called, tie Commissioner delivered nn important
doc'lon, in ~hicN, as viii DO seen, he holds that
Deruty Marshals have
NO POWER TO pAxu tRRvsrs.
tn. facts One Commissioner soid) show in ti.
case thst Richard O'Conner, tctor In the c. aacity
ofa United States Sunervisor at TIC hoard o, Re~i.
t,aiion ~ tie Seventh Election District OF the First
name 10 g registered ~ o qualified voter, nnon tne
ground that Lsaiy when he fret apreSrrd IN regis.
yer stated fN"t 10 was born in Ireland and hat not
akeh out u paners, and that he. Leary, away
for nm horr nni tane blcx with certificate nf
nainraizalion. is'ucd ont Of tie eurerior onr,
duly tigue md scaled hy the clerk thereof: ant
Mith lis documcnt In lis hand lie claimed the night
10 register. He was HrU chalct gel nv tic Su er
visc-. but Lcary sworc / is name jn rnd thercupop
te SurcrNiscr ordered rOiic"nan IN attendance to
arrest Locry AVID aided him In 90 doing: and wnil.
In nc thor, ard act OF arrest hv the policeman anl
said Supervisor the said Sunorvisor wns assaulted
and inle'cred with In the dischLr.e Of his duty as
claimed BY him.
Al the pow ers vrln,cd 70 tho srrervisors are O..
n"ded In the 6nh section OF the act Of Julv H.
$50, wherein Con'refs vests tho o0wer OF spron'.
mcnt In the Judge o. ihe Circull Court. Their du.
Ties are therein denned a. follows;
supcrtHor. arc "anthor'zed tn .,tona AZ sut..,.s
ana Ices rted for q rcgisral'n OF woes wan be-
y, s,c. Tsa'S% IN ccSrs SSnd b. :hn.d 20 So S cos1
n NJ. prcgo.sI 20 ho r,estcred, :. -. ana
fr.mo - Of nc acts nuhott.i =. az. OF
sny TIC ,r,i ,c', orsal rti ra,c, in r,svr",ag.
hnd"rng or rioc.r7g any tuch porson N rr,rect ~
raSrGeI,d T re &C.. ''' &c f'' '' C. "'d'"'An0r' ani
NV. ilerc - no cvi'trce tha, .e en7crviao- v,s
lrterered with in is right to C. ac1 - 1r nis r-bt
G. ut end. nor was be rrrvcn ed from c. 'lenrmg or
irtoricfei With. or moestsd While ~ tie rltce of
REGISTRATION but Ne evidence shows that wrte he
was "i'iug tie policeman in a-resng irary. he was
uOgfc ed with In n a, caraci'y us a -rno;vsor or
a. Triynt citizen aiding in a - arrCs' rcrniny
rot ~ a surer,sor T. : tie law dives Lir, "a Snoer
visor TO power to orter IN arrest. rd IN he ar
rest, uoCcr te set oi Juy Is. IStJ J. called on Nv
the lolccman as fos" eoDit1'is and ~as ,s.au /
81, rhcn lie has Lis r. icss undtr tie state law
lhe rlht to ehilenge w section o OF tie net dies
not carry via the i.ht to arrest or tie right to
order m arrest mt sUON 10 Cla'iGUgc IN urOtcst
against havine LenrN'. name r,sistcro'. What the
supervisor did in AZ lng tie policeman WIS not IN
&c diseha.re o We Guy uoder IT, commission
himself surpo,ins no lad se mower % u"ie- lis S COM
mission TO sOdlrec' and al l. hlve tareulN e-nmn.
ed the twcn,eti lection o. the act OF May 81 1871 ana
am unable 10 ind ihst the acts ot the Ge.endAnts
fIl within the nlrview " that statute.
Believing. that tic Su-erisor acted in GOOD faith
IN vla hc did In respect TO the arrest OF Learn he
ceiisnl, cannot claim, nnder the law h, virtue OF
rshi I, nc, uutsiie ~ ms mower anh dnties anil
- erefore ha con plant under eliws or tie United
= tcr, must be dismissed and defendants diseharg-
z g decision seemed to disappoint the lenders ~
the iouns Den uocrcy, VITO lett tie Court tao mo-
ment was rerdercl. Al the defendnnt. subse.
oucnty dcparc with n cir con, sci. Mr. Joseuh
bol' and ~ Donol ne u Is said tnat John Fox nc
cuscs tho Uniied states au hcries o. NOT exendin.
to him Ind h,s associates ,Le protection they re.
quiro.
MA. FOX WAS cLosErED WIN MArsuAL SHARPE
and Co. B,iss, Tom Acton, Collector Murphy. aud
he Narsi NJ rromiael tim a tie aid in their 20 ,er
rut the se~ision o. Go nmissio1er Osborn bas IN
trlturtel Il not Destroyed al his paus. TIE
" unE Few ocrnts' cd y cuuCns Yesterday to de
me 20 no eonc!usion. !, l. oairei ov tie STATE
t7cct"r- hat -, euerdcrt of ihe r'ouni. o.
WlcL ". Oshcrn's rcoisior - based - e rrrcsjs
made we've llera 5ec."sc A. iclr Of the CoVsli.
sutton OF thc United S't'' declares:
the RI h, Il the rccric TO be secure in their nor
,Sc sra ,n % - s" h CO., e. os,ed snG nS
Warrr nts mai bsue hrt Jpon trubable cAnse, sup
pot ly onth an Uuot on. parcnlariv lc-c -
Ing the PAGES TO be scai chcd aud tue crsons thlngs
10 ue te,Z,u,"
u s seen by This section Of the Constitution that
n ~ arrnt ~ arrest can be Ctly issuel or oar.
viii u mcans as~orn col plant before o Y tics
tirtes C,mNissi ncr. l. tc l. sa'i-ucl Witr to
otih Of ue con moain1n', and ila! tt"fe Trot h
caUso "a tClcyc G rarty as conn ;'aA IN o0ouce
T. ls then his dirty To rsue hs warrant 'or Il r1riy
comp.a ned of loi violating the inv. Eui n" SuIer
VISOR. Aars or Drvuty Marshal cdL sr-e,t IN
e!@h; and le atteInl Is to 10 So .U' warrant
t,mo Of the rst ectors ave leon a't set by some
n the len ing law cts that be Is nutet, and may
be arrested for breaking Tie reacc
justice u r'man MS a~aiu In Court ycs'erdlv
! Is counsel. Mr. toseth Pen. a"ri'i rlr tis be'ti
Ter an eJauins'iou; hut tie District Attorney fc
refused one on Ihe ground that Tie defendant hsu
wave his right hv gising hail.
Mr.. Bel, s" addressing Commissioner Davenport.
leotc whom tie case ~Rs brouglt raii ne ,ad
some cNJonence in tie Dls'rict A'ofuey'a oricc,
and he never knew ot q sin lar Application h,iu-
reused His client had rslt 10 he SonItorte
with the Witnesses agatst him, and TO rNtu4pitc
h.mst from tie change Tho Hon. A II Iurl,.
ltNCNCr. was lECAIlLl.C, ana refused 70 -iart IL,
application.