The New York herald., 1870-10-14

representing the Nineteenth ana twenty sixth
wArds me latter nsyins Left tine room ana W. former
Colonel Mann. speaking for himself aD<i MI. cas-
Bidy, then made . few remarks Ia wwch ne coun-
Gollo0 the judges Is to the thr " should pur
sue They mad better take only tho se returns from
the judges that bore honest faye and that could
meeting o. the Judges Of the eleV ions Of tine various
precincts in the ward. All eys should be excluded
ier nswns sr n IL tnsH nss
Court would furnish .h9n with the next best re- re-
Proihonotary Of the Cs.nrt Of Common Pleas.
Judge then stated. that the return Judge Of tho
request mad given him the figures on sheet of fools
cap TO which LherV were signatures. The speaker
desired % know Of Colonel Mann whether such
Colonel MANY iemphaticaly,- sir.
Another lns.ge then stated that the return Judge
OF the Twens sixth ward had told him that no vas
drunk last Wight and has lost his papers.
Colonel 'Mann--Then It IN better that you repre-
sent the Vase to the Court who VIII see that justice
President English tnen proceeded with the read
mi 10y, o. ING returns Tor Receiver o. Taxes.
. R0se that hundreds OF men were attracted 70 the
entrance 70 the main door on the state House pave
ment leading to tho court room, but here the police
performed their duty aud prevented any erecting
an entrance 70 the hall The news spread rapidly.
and n twenty minutes there were several thousand
The demonstration made on the Judges seems TO
nvs nsen me % result 10 q oy the
Judges had agreed that counsel should be admitted
for the purpose OF giving advice to the matter In
the Twenty-sixth ward.
Soon after Crawford, the return judge from the
Ninth ward, was locked mp at the Central Police
tton Counsel appeared before Judge Allison Ia the
Common Pleas Court and asked that writ or
haDeas corpus Issue In the case that 1t was neces-
sary that the prisoner should transact his business
In the Board Of Return Judges.
Mr.. William Il. Mann then narrated the ciTcum-
stances OF the af1ar and gave In detail all the facts
connected with the disgrsceful proceedings In the
Board, brought about ny O set Of rufians forcing
themselves into the room.
brought before him, and alter listening both sides
of the story he ordered Lieutenant Thomas TO return
the prisoner to his place on the Board OF Return
Judges, and continue him In custody until fun In
vestigaton OF the case was made. He specially d.
rected that after The meeting OF the Board Crawford
should be returned 10 the Central Police station
Judge Allison took occasion TO censure the police
force Tor not preventing the disturbance alluded to-
and said II was reproach to city ike philadelphia
that such al ahair should occur SO near the court
house. Mt@
Lieutenant Thomas said that he had some thirty
three men 10 protect the peace
The Judge answered that that did not speak well
for the police force. II II was thought necessary the
Mayor his ofiicer in charge should have had I've
hundred and thirty three protect the peace.
Lieutenant Cnrley, who was present. remarked
that he thought the present police force was equal
Allison answered that he was not sitting 60 argue
thar question. 4rN
The papers containing the returns from the Sixth
division OF the Sixteenth ward were sent FOR hut
could not he found. In place oI them some papers
were presented which bore such evident MARKS OF
fraud upon them that the counsel for both sides
agreed that they should be thrown out. To this OBJ
lection was MADE and committee was sent to ask
instruction from the Court.
To these Judge Allison said that II he were re-
turn Judge and papers were presented with snch
reject them unless compelled by mandamus frsrn
The Court.