Daily Republican., 1881-02-08
FIFTH EDITION
TIE COUNTY

J. chsrSsd-TIIai ,"nsr -, al.s
Illegal Voting, a Cs,s
The court opened ri,
sSso0ia,. A. O'clock, Chief Justice Con.sai
. bench. "ua WoOttsp .,
prsli@inssi... % 1%f usual .,,Iess calling Of .u,,n
oouI. the jury Q the s.sa sas opspips
vs. sdward Brislow. ,risS rIss Of th, ,SaI
OF calf, came into ,"ns. sa Iof The MI
mt, rns foreman ors reported ths. 'ua t|.s sA",s
oDer. Sua tas ,I'
After lull Of some ,v.n,
Attorney General Gysv my niaph
1ssSS 1es'cG ~. tae , state Va. Cloud 1i.a Bu.I.a
The charge ssaips, Fn,I"a +, ,nea oalt
voting Illegally at ii, euler Wa' s1s
W;1m, " 'ns setord Ward 10 thu ,Ss aus y.
wilmington, y on Nc,en bs, ,rs ;, 'ga
Biggs for State read tbs w, ID.
ted. NAo been ril,
Dennis Gallagher b,iy0 ,,r,,
that he was inspector ., 'sIIed Stata
i.i hsid attn at the FELTON, House. '4S Toot et.'3,'' Ct
. Ter $ vote; thousht he bad ,Uyk = "; Bat
vote; did not object to ,bs 1au So,' rigAta
Qninn, the assistant lpsn.,'Dosl Dslo's Nj,
toe receipt; found then tb,, Jvr ~, opened
no right to vote; .he reoaIn, pu'ltr hh
ler's wife. ''0ud Bqt
William II. Quinn, tes,is.a
inspector was too fast, opepa5 ,t'a n! The
oeipt aid said to Butlertbs, tI ,I,, ,as H'
your receipt i. is your Wit.,s' ' sn@
known Butler for ten or ,waT Ia"
could not say whether ths ,so.i s.,j y'ln
signed 10y the collector or po,, ,''HEs RH,Es
OBJ sot to the vote before Mr. G,TaS TaaS
had the vote in the box, bsc,r'1l ''ls'
was too quick. a receipt Woe IH as. ~
which Mr.. Quinn recognized ,,t'a 'uysa
the receipt upon which BulIs, w, ",ll
After consultation between tn. S,',a, ,"sa
attorney and Mr.. Bissell, the I,t,s. s..si ~
The sake of saving time admi,tT " ~ 's
butler voted without being assss,.s ,a i4''
austin Harrington also Counsel S,5,
erse, read from the law repor,, ~, "
'o'paftners in businsss had arl,S,.' %4s'
'o'e when they had no tax reCsjp, H. ~
ause tax bad been paid nroT ~ ~
'Foperiy of which the voter Vs,,~ ~
artner. '~
The Chief Justice said tha. isc.,;,
i'd not apply TO this case. '''-
Mr.. Harrington maintained tb,, ~,
as a case upon which no copyio,in1
ould be had, because Butler CANA nm
the polls openly and voted. bspdinS
! his tax receipt, and no objection b.
g made to the reception Of,he yoa
0 intention Of voting Illegal, bein,
iown, Mr.. Harrington said no copyt
on cGuld lie had.
Attorney General Gray followed On,
ng several law points which b
ished to bring before the couu tgl
session.
The court decided that Butler OoVa
aim no right to vote upon his vIs1
receipt as he was not an owner IN
" sense, and had no interest whn.
'er at the time o: his voting.
Mr.. Bissell asked hr. Qulnn il u
As Democrat.
Mr.. B'ggs wanted to know Va
at had TO do with the case.
Mr.. Quinn said that according 10 bis
lderStsndipg there was u, diGye1s
tween Democrats and Republicans
Alter some more consultations w. q
cen the Attorney General ard The
unset for the defense, Mr.. BIggs said
at as the law point at issue had been
cided and it appearing that the d.
1dent had no Intention of voting lie
lily, he would ask for q verdict Of
t guilty.
The Chief Justice briefly charged Ma
y explainins the law polnts in The
e when the Jury re.urued q vtIila
not guilty as instructed.
indicted prisoners we're arrsigreiA
lows:
Ohm w. Fillmore, larceny Of one
4 and six chairs from Drake lni
npsny in Wilmington, "noiguilty"
,obipson Jenkins, colored, Larceny
watch, &c, from Euge enc Brineh
'ew Castle Hundred, aud larceny
nty six musk rat skins from BgAH
ID, 1.-TWO Indictments, J guilt"
Ienry McGreggor, Larceny Of a.&d
k layers tools from William SAah
Wilmington, mot guilty"
rank B. Martin, larceny Of 8 tcfL'
from Harlan Cause ia whining
mot guilty"
jury WAS drawn in the caNd
lin and the trial at once CON-
ced. L. c. Vsndegrit, 4 o. IN
.; Harry sharpley, Bsq, for Do
3.
le witnesses examined were RicbM
hilles, Samuel Coyle, Chsrlesl sltsls
" Sergeant Jones and Police n"
t Dolan,
le proof was that the robe was 10.
N the night Of December ,; ID"
in tried to sell it IN tue junk shop
10 Percival the next day; thar M
it to Charles ItSlie for s3 and tah
cant Jones afterwards got the ToN
returned ii TO MI. dause, WIZ
tilted it as his property.
e case went to the jury at'et
argument and the jury retired"
o'clock.
RoTBs.
representatives. John PllIng AM
Il Eastburn were in the Courtroom
y.
. reporters table is in the MOS Ny
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