The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-12

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Iam Iot pLo,lc poncy .saas s4eluaeG eG tIe
esl9encS olsthe negle eye.HisIesst
ouose ouiu 3eEtness inaInisiDe0 1Inat kfs
In.SeaHo,icyGoffI1e'ta 10 Wsasnas nc man snail be
aiGWeu 81 OF fequiren st1 repeat, scW ne Yotes.
II ~ - ioi Inc purpose OF apfoeectlD9 t6e rights
y an tne Yoserssat aD e,ece.ohs .oS s6s Pun. r.
pNeool goesroIng tus seeascy " snf raiios;;
~ prevent ever el lsiai plIoces hnqine
On. noW spaFt'eusar lsan Yoi;eus ;e,ls 1I is DOT
msu .ne Pomers q sns so m
faue sne Ssonstltntional psp,lalon ~ feshtion
70 ene Daii0t, aHd Lle Legls.satll.e Gas Always
recognlzea tnis ana acqtnesceaS nence ahe!
absence OF leglslation: z I.!sI:ss ~
ne .eterrea % tne Iact tnat iaW was nrst
passed proHidi9g ior the numbering Of .baa
lots 70 correspond with tne numoer OF the.
PYoteis, ana JUST as soon as .tne LegisiasHre,
saw tDat tney naa passed an UNCONSTITUTIONAL
law tney at once repealed ". .5
p. Jndge 'Oaid referred 70 the various sys-
tems OF Young, ana TO the iact ,1at Tue paper
DaIios" "naa rDeen dyed N tne , pood ,r of mar E
.tyrs. r,s. -. S.le s.ar.
ihe RUE, accoralng 20 nls UNDERSTANDING, l
WIS noe tnat irsuds snouia not De unsartheo
aou punlsned. out u they canaeEee detected
WHOM yioiating tne policy otI tne law they,
asS .,,a T, ~ uupuaisnea ne 1850 var " sonnseixe
the point was raised That twelve hundred
illegal and fraudulent votes bad been cast for
Chahoon. Therefore 1t was asked that the
voters &c brought into court, OF. their depo-
sltions taken to show that they bad voted for
CnanoonL ana not tor. lEiiys1n, ana Juoge
Gulgon ydeclded that AZ conid not De cone.
de decided that there could be no inquiry
as 70 now! they : voted. 'Tney nad
no right to invade the ballot-box. Judge
Gnigon went further, and said that they
could not only not be compelled, but he did
NOT t0iDk they could De utto,ceG TO TESTIFY.
Inc proposltion was not to enforce the test-
mony, DUE 10 aiioW IT ana Judge duigon
SAID ne could not. -
ouoge Ouid thougnt the folice justice
of Jndpe Gnioon Jndge an;eon,s cnnrt
standing iu the relation of an appellate tri-
bupai TO the Police Justices. -! Y: =. ?
In Closing ne Grew attention to the vast
importance OF the question, and spoke OF the
various systems OF VotlDg, anu deciareo tnas,
mncn ,1t abused as " naa Deep, tne paiiot was
sun sun ,ne nun,sns s " nessy. ne asheu ss!a
.nas ms .ss, Honor shonla Dy ms aeeison nam
.ah aiI tna' gives IL Tiitue anu eihSe1cy
Its secrecy. ils.s ~. y = s'1...., ~. : !. Z,
~; - DECISION OF THE POLICE JUSTICE
+. Police. .,Justice White said he was prep ared
to pive his decision without delay. He had
$3.50 w. ao,otsS nn,,oh 49, onS otte,,tinn to
az eauy uGoO.u Ia .v ont;o;nated ;hot II
.no o,;G Hfss boz ra;,sS He on;rion ra. that wb;ie
W. moo,u o,,,S T nn. .,o 10 adnn,,i.ora process "
make witness disclose how he had voted,
the voter naa rlgns 70 come ln.o eoure anu anu
soluutainy pay W" , he nau to; .,;ei ~ :! ;n,a
sometu,ns nhe .ne isa' ~ uhi ~ tetJ,
sua,ah!eeu toeIsi1 1ne' 1, ~ n"o 'has
opinlon' not 50 muen iltenueu iot 'ne pao-
teeIloa ol tne community as ioi Tue pto'e''
tion vi the ihoi ..., .r
The motion TO eXciuoe tue Itesslmony Vi
Mr. darrls was therefore oferluieo' j
TEE FIRST WITNESS.
Mr. Harris naa oeen On .ns Witness stanu
Tor soout tnree nouls ana nau not hao ah op-
portunity 10 SPEAK que Mofu VI us sent.
ments. Having warned nim tnat ne was not
compelled to state Tor whom ne had Yotea,
the Police Justice now invited Mr. harris 10
proceed. :, &
Answering the questions OF Mr. wise, Mr.
narfls sulu u.s
My name is John q. Harris; am twenty
six years OF age; live at l211 Marsnali street |;
am employed in delivering the mail. l voted
for Knight and Starke; read the oailot ana
placed it in the hands OF mr. haeoopgai ana
saw nln taise :. W. wi m .nS nv e,,a nuI h.i
heard him say IL was all rlght; got tne oal'
iot from MI. w Wlse,s olnce'
EXAMINATION WAIVED.
~ aoe,,oo h,n;n. oon
uns couuss, .ha roi do Tue o.,a ;atargn otad
sulteu eoge.nel' ouus e ca. - ~.
tue eAamlna.loI III, W .ne ;ot;o ".n Ioe.so snns
tney mUulo ~ai1e an eAanlhaslon nu .I ue.otS ae
Inc foi,ee .SouiI anu a,oW ene oaseS VI
Aessrs. Maeuousal a99 MafSuausG4 .u M W De
sent on 10 tne gfaha jury oi tne MUSINGS
court. % ,.;o ,,a no.,;,. . 90, ;,
~. hne pio'e'u''ol nAo No'n'Ds' " '"' "
'ul5. o,,,a .o;d ha avnoo,od nc oorrsa
vuuse ~. ooa,,.od 0u,u ea'u uonId he oiIoyed bo;i
thas tn9 aeouSeu mJo'u ~ oe e,inoa ha ~ nn,,id
sbou, IN a fe1U minntes that they had enough
snow 10 le" mlnuses 1ha' lucy n8o enousn
MIR. Cabell and Mr.. Wise finally withdrew
all objection TO bail being allowed.
The Police Justice said he should allow
bail in the sum of 5000 each on the felony
charge. and $500 each on the misdemeanor
charge.
And so Messrs. Macdougal and Marxhau-
Hastings Court to await Indictment for alb
strac.ing ballots and substituting others in
their place. and also for neglect Of duty as
e,sct;nn OFFICERS.
Mr. George D. Tbaxton became surety for
Mr. Macdongal. and Louis f. Bossieux, Esq,
fnr M MarSbausen. ,.,
'ot nI. Va;den who was the -Independent