The New York herald., 1874-12-22
COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER.

0OOhl OI OIlSLs 1aANb
There was an unusually slim attendance IN the
Court OF oyer and Terminer yesterday, Judge
Barrett being on the bench. The attention of the
Court was manly occupied with the cases OF
parties indicted for
VIOLATION OF THE ELECTION LAWS.
AS will be seen, they all pleaded guilty Of the
spectlve charges preferred against them, and,
with two exceptions, sentences were promptly
imposed.
william Russell pleaded guilty OF false persona
hon and attempting to vote, and his excuse
that he was drunk and got sucked I'M by two
other men. His counsel put In a strong plea on
the ground OF the mans previous excellent cnarac-
ter. sentence, eighteen months in state Prison.
John Parkinson, indicted Tor 4 similar offence.
through MS counsel put IN a plea OIL guilty. 1t
appeared tnat the prisoner attempted to vote on
the name OF citizen named strand. who had
voted only few minutes before and thus the at
tention OF the inspectors was attracted.
Prisoncr-I was intoxicated and was showed
into II by other parties.
Sentence, eighteen months IN State Prison.
John Connors pleaded guilty OF false personation
q toe registry. and ms only excuse was tnat ne
was ''craZy drunk'' on election day.
Sentence, eighteen months In state Prison.
Charles Wilson, illegal registering, pleaded
party kind o. put 1t into his pead 20 register.
sentence, eighteen months In state Prison.
Thomas Christie and Frank Boutener, inspectors,
while he other inspectors were absent, fact
which the police oricer on duty reported, pleaded
guilty. Dub Sal1 LHcy ull III lHFOu2u iJnOFhUcc OF
tue law; But SAID Boucher 81 suppose 1t Is
right we should be brought 20 book"
Assistant District Attorney Russell said he be-
lieved TINS a mere technical offence.
Judge Barrett was about letting tue parties 70
with nominal punishment, but on looking at the
statute found the penalty 70 be not less than SIX
montGs' Imprisonment and not less than 800 fine.
rue prlsonerA were then allowed TO Withdraw
their pfea ana directed 10 return tomorrow, and
she Court ana District Attorney would see what
could be Gone, The Court considered the penalty
rather more severe than the offence merlted.
respectable looking old man, named william
Lewis, pleaded gullty OF msdemeanor IN gong
Out from the place OF registry, ne being an ILL.,
spectOr ana abscnting himself 1orty five minutes.
lie SAID he elt hungry and weak and merely
stepped out "t0 get q Dlte,n thinking lt was no
harm. 1rlend ot the prisoner gave MN the
CHARACTER Oh betug simple minded perfectly
honest ana trathu man. Mr. Eusseli suggested
mat this was case Tor the greatest leniency. The
court only imposed me OF $40, which the pris-
soner's friends promptly paid lor him.
William sparhs, a car conductor, Indicted for
embczzllng ~ -, N four separate sums ranging
from ten cents inward. ana ned 10 bail In $4,000
WAS brought into court a writ OF certIorari
and his bail was reduced TO $500.
Margaret Englenarf, who was arrested for keep
ING a dlsordcrlv house, was brought before the
Court on certiorarI. her cOnnse asserting that
she mad lguorantly signed a waiver al ner claim
10 n Iurv trial whllc ia the Essex Market Police
Court. rne prisoner cannot read English Ihe
case was not finally disposed Of, but Judge Bar.
rett SAID tnat, whatever might be its result he
felt r his duty 10 say that magistrates ana their
cierks snoud be admonished TO see 10 10 in all
eases that persons verc not strlnped Of theE rRaa