The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-02-27
THE ANDERSON CONVICTION.

THE ANDERSON CONNECTIONS
We take from Tie New York Sun the
following intelligent statement Of y ease
which has now 50 much Importance. and
which will aid our readers IN estimsiing
the gravity ofthe offence, the justice 81
the punishment, and The eunreasoning out
cry against The trial and convicllnn.
The facts in the trial nf Anderson are
simple. and they were clearly established
by the evidence. as3s tF4
Theinr0rnation was for uttering and
publishing as true, and with intent 10 in
jure and dpfraud. \ certain altered. false,
forged, ard cnuntprfeiled puDlic record,
knowing the same to be false, altered, for
ge,l, and counierfeiied. 5..ss @
1be parish of Vernon embmceste elcc-
iion precincts. The VOTES oIihese ten pre-
rincis were compiled intna general State
ment called "Coisolidated Statement Of
the Votes Of the Parish Of Vernon This
is the document or record alleged to have
been forged, aud To have been published
hy Anderson with tile knowledge that il
was false. 81
Section s33 of the Revised Statutes Of
LouislaDa Furnishes the uttering nf pub
fishing as true Of forged record. with the
guilty knowledge and intent, iH the same
manner as u commission by ones own
baihi -! The actual forgery. IL embraces
in the same clause the actual forgery, the
AIDING and assisting In il, and a.. utter
ing aud publishing as true ofihe forged
rcard. ItieaIs with all these forms ri
forgery Ms if they were idenlically the
same offence. Itimp,@es Ms the punish
mrH. On conviction, imprisonment for moi
less than two nor more than fourteen
years.
The elements OF the crime are thrre,
namely The forgery ofthe record; the
J Knowledge that |; was forged record; and
the ulteralce aud publication Of II as
true. All these elements are proved in
Andrrsnn's ease beyond the possibility oI
contradiction. They are proved by an
extraordinary affiuence aud abundance oi
testimony. The fact Of forgery wa.
proved by the production OF the forged
document. Inspection oft and the trs
tinony ofthe experts concurre.l IN show.
ing that Ii had been altered, T'homa.
franklin, ti,e Supervisor of Registration,
who made out the consolidated statement,
and Sllo verified istY his oath rs true
and correct compilation, was examined,
and pr0yed how the statement originally
Was. Other witnesses, who saw Il when
IL WAS first opened, before II Was altered
were inlrGlured IN abundance, and proved
It's original condition. The evidence on
this point was 80 overwhelming, That Il !.
mot neresssry toslate IL here in detail
Moreover, no dispute or quesiionas to the
fact Of the forgery WAS raised at the trial.
Indeed, sd iBdlsputable Is the fact Of the
foryery that Mr.. sherman. the de Jacto
Secretary Of The Treasury, admitx Il In his
statement the day before yesterday, and
puts Ills defence Of Anderson Oh an entirely
different ground' He says "There wa,
40 motive for such an alterations BY An.
derson. The true return beng printed In Sc
many forms that i. was absurd 10 think hs
w"uld alter u; aud Yet upon this false pre-
text he was cpnyicted.'
Next. the fact of Andersnn's guilty
knowledge wasequally well established
II was proved that be was present IN the
Returning Board when the return was re-
ceiyed aud examined before Il was altered
Tie true return Of that parish was tive
voles for the Republican electors aud six
hundred aud iarty-seysn for the Deino-
cratic electors. The alterations rcnsisted
10 trahsposing and reversing the vote ol
tho two districts. The footings Of the
whole ten districts rs III the true return,
aud tile footings of these districts in the
| false return, asas follows