The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-14
The Conviction OF Anderson Tor Forgery.

The facts IN the trial Of ASDrRsos are
simple, and they were clearly established
By the evidence.
The Information was ior uttcrng and pub
lshiuG as true .ud with i.feilt 10 nJure
aud dClrlud. certain altered. false. forged.
ana couLteiivitcd public record. knowing the
same to be false, altered. forged. and coun-
terleitcd.
The parish Of Vernon embraces ten elec
tion precincts. The votes 81 these ten pre-
ciucts were compiled into a general state
ieut called q Constituted statement ui
the Votes If the Parish Of Vernon" This Is
the document OF record alleged u have been
forged. aud To have been published by Az
DrRsoN with the knowledge t"st it was
false.
Section s3Sof the Revised Statutes OF Louis
lana Furnishes the ut-cr.ng or publishing a.
true Of a forged rrclld. with the guilty
knowledge ard ntent. in the same man
her as commission by ones own
hand of the actual forgery It erA-
braces in tie same clause the actual
forgery, the aiding and ASST. ing in it. and
the inS and Publishing as true Of the
forged record. Ii deals with all these forms
oi forgery rs ii they were idcntically the
Same offence. 1t imposes ~ tAe punish
Inent On conviction. imprisonment tur not
less than two nor more than ioui.tc years
The elements Of the crime are three,
namely: The forgery Of tie record, the
knowledge that II was forged record; and
the uttelancc ana publication o! II as true
All these elements are proved III ANDER-
SONS cas- beyond the possibility Of contra
dletion. They are proved hy an eXtraordi-
nary aiiluencc and abundance Of testimony
The fact Of forgery vas proved by the pro-
ducton OF the forged document Inspection
VI It and the testimony Of the eNprr.- con-
CURED in showing that it hal been altered.
THOMAS FRANKLIN. the Supervisor Of Regis
tratiOn, who made ont IN" consolidated
statement, and who verified Il by his oath
as q true and correct compilation. Was eX-
amined, aud proved how the statement
originally was. Other witnesses. who saw
1t when il was first opened before 1t was al
tered, were introduced in abundance and
proved its original condition. he evil
dence on this point Na- SO over
whelmlne that II Is not necessary to state
1t here in detail. MDleoycs ho dispute
Or question as To- the TACT Of tlc forgery WIS
raised ut the TRIAL, Indeed. su inii.putahIn
Is the fact Of the forgery that sir. SHLi,MAN,
the de .fdc'0 Secretary Of the Treasury, adj
mits II IN his statement the day before yes
terday, and puts his defence Of ANDERSON
On an entirely different ground He SAYS:
There was no motive ,Or such an altera-
ton by ANDERSON. the true return being
printed in so many forms that it was alb
surd to think he would alter It and yet
upon this falls protest h. was conycted.'
Next the fact 90 A~nrR3ON's guilty
knowledge was equally we'll established. 1t
was proved that hr wls present IN the Re-
turning Boa,i when the reiurn wa received
and eXaminedlcl-lclt ,,asa,tor.d. The true
return Of the parish we- two votes fur the
Republican electors aud SIX hundred aud
iorty-seycn FOR the D"mucrutic electors.
The alterations consisted in trauspo INK and
reversing the vot" Of two of the ten districts.
The footing Of the whole ten Districts as
III the true Return and the iootings Of those
districts in the false return. areas follows;
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