Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-06-29

| following report of the hearing before State su-
| perlntendent Wlcllersham Of the contested Coun-
| ty Superintendent election case :
The examination of the County Superintendent
case came of In the Court House, OH Tuesday
last. Prof j. P. Wickersham, State Superin-
tendent, was on hand, and the exercises opened
at u O'Clock, p. IN. Five lawyers were engaged
| in the case. The complainants had John Nc
Cleery and c. A. Reimensnyder, Esqs., and res
! poudent was represented by g. w. Zeger, L. T.
Rohrbach and j. k. Clement, Esq. In our hum
ble Judgment this was Just five lawyers too
many. 1t made confusion moro confounded, aud
as soon as the case had been stated by Mr. Wick
ersham the technical objections commenced, and
the amiable Professor of common sense and Com
mon Schools was completely overwhelmed with
eloquent sallies. Unaceustomed to legal gerry
Wandering, he allowed the gentlemen all say,
aud then quietly informed them that under the
Act of Assembly made aud provided IN such
cases, he had the whole right of deciding the case
according to the facts presented | cannot fail
here to compliment my good friend McClccry
upon his neat and forcible demeanor aud speech.
! lie strongly impressed the audience, and we be-
lieve he did the Professor. Our friend, Rohr-
bach, also behaved in a very amiablc manner as
an attorney. The fact is the case proceeded as
though the whole party were out on II boisterous
sea voyage, without ruddcr or compass. This is
not strange, either, because no case Of the Kind
has been tried under the Act Of 1865. and the
parties and their attorneys had necessarily to
feel their way for lack Of precedCBt5 applying to
~
the case in hand. And then, as Is well known,
u Is very hid thihg 10 ieel o"C III lhc ,iisI ul'
fog after bribery and corruption. However,
hitcr some ucIity III denu'HS 'tc 'n-S ol uu'HuCc;
as to the charge of bribery, sc. These were
pIuC'IGt'N "liSVJOiS' IIUn ''o co'l lcI,oH9 NSol1
O .lc hh5I9d lS!G auu ron many OCi'Cl sv,t""l %
usIrIc'S' ne eNIuehcc sn0Ncd No,S clo.l !! t'I'
of the Shipman family, and that some of the D-
rCCtors had their fare paid On the railroad and
sItl eNPe"Scs anu ul'nN9 ".u ~ uI t'S
nus WIS nov Sonc y ~ SUI ,ili,s.'
nHt ny Lchugl ms orctncr, anu yutsc
MS I"V"ci' II uooe i'oI "pPC"I 'n"G % ~ X 7'ia @
were Pld io' N"JGs, ouy "J"a.'s ~ ty y
expenses, Nc' nc sCllool ~" onWl"I io' & Sno
directors III c'cn county W usSs'noIe
t'IcHnIa"! - c.cvU /" o"r'y P1 ~
uoes % Dot ~ an! T.i @ I i ,ii
s"iu Di'cC'o'S, ~ - ''l'N",'! - I'm ~ r @ @
Iesttct, Ior DI,ctloIa "'G .rlur@cu @ W pJ. ~, III
'Hc,' uu''C9 III 'lV'' o"l us''4Du NJ y, N'- -
anu 'en W u"'ol VNo'! ',ll'G ~ t'i0 N''
stiI I"r 'uc P"i posv nH'nCu. us
T az t, ~, c nnnl hy l,y ~ A.
& ug -''''s o"-"S w ~ IN" "S i, t' ~ ~ w
10y me- CIV .,,H !r ,',oi ~ ". u5 Y
Sc'nP''',p" " Wv '".S " 'iiC" ! '''! "I 49,
h"mt,N,' 10 nv t'T ~ NV ~, i
w : "'iSu ',,'' ',, & CIV -
pay ana I"'''9 ic''i'? Ni.I l'g '"''i, '''
!" [ue7e co"lcn''on' Is !islS rcp'eIcisioI. II
lo"NS s"sPt'ouN, 70 say Wy lc'9' "uu S',0' ID" -
pom ioL t'l.[!sIn? I"o'J ~ ''
Jn.l 'u'' ',l'1 ..,'.i7 - u",I -! - G
ScTo,,s will nccc.sariiy drtract from their Use.
fulncss and the respect due their position. The
examination was continued during the afternoon
and evening. ana uld not cohcI"de uhtll apo"i
midnight. The Professor was compelled TO 'eaNe
on the night tram, an" ior TINS reason the cas-
was not continued Ior another da!' nc huliugd
the attorneys on pom sldcs TO sehI hIh IhG'r
argument to Harr!sbuiS IN wiring where ne
would render decision. In the testimony pro-