New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-07
VIOLATIONS OF ELECTION LAWS,

Judge Duuohuc, of the Supreme Court. sat for
several hours yesterday ia hs private room Ia tho County
Court House To take action In any that might be
brought his attention which legal voters were denied
tho right Of dcpo,ng their ballots Several persons
made complaint before the judge but most Of the
were not such 10 Justify Interference. One voter,
who alleged that the u pecOrs refused to receive his bal
LOT the ground that the had already been voted
obtained an order to show why the inspectors
should be compelled to receive the vote. The voter
did not afcrwri return and IL supposed that his
vote wa. finally received.
IN the Tomb. Police Court there were arancd before
Justice Herman, James Gibbons Thomas GIroy. John
Bergen and Richard Lennon who taken In custody
charged with false registration. The had registered
from NO i6s Pcarl,t. lodging house kept by Richard
Houhan, who wa, arrested by the Sanitary Police,
Saturday keeping the place without license IOi-
han had stationed himself at the polling place OF the six
tccnth Election District OF the lid Assembly District and
when the named had deposited their votes he caused
their the assertion that they residents
Of the place whore they claimed they lived An examna-
tlon by Justice Herman satisfied him that
Bergen and Lennon had propAy claimed a residence
in the clearinghouse mentioned and they declared
that they had not registered from any other place De dis
charged them Gibbons AMI Gilroy were committed for
examination.
At the Fourth Election District Of the I'D Assembly
District tried vote claiming that ho was Hugh
Crane, of No. Isl Chahamst The inspector challenged
his vote ana In answer 70 the question rs 10 where he
was born replied Boston" Tho record, however,
showed that the birthplace OF the genuine Crane was
Washington, VI Notwithstanding this, the in
his vote after which he arrested and taken before
Justice Herman lie proved to be Gus sullivan, a cook
formerly employed in the restaurant No. Isl Chatham
lie held In default OF 5000 further
nation.
John Christ ago twenty-five Of No. 81
Fir-tst., presented himself at the pollinEplace
Of the lila Assembly District Seventeenth
Election District, and offered to vote lie
had registered from No. 800 Bowery, where he formerly
lived and his vote challenged Under tho advice of
Republican canyasscr the persisted casting his
ballot He was then arrested. Justice Herman
united him for trial
James Welsh registered from n stable I'm FOurthave
near Ffycghth-st., and on attempting to
rested by Detective Cornish, OF the Twenty Pre-
cinct. The OF the stable testified that no
lodged there and Welsh was held for trial In 81 900 bail
by Justice Smith in the NOrkvlc Police Court.
Edwin W. Austcad, age thrtyiiyc, taken before
Justice Patterson at the Essex Market Court, the
charge OF having fraudnlcntly registered No u
East Broadway. lie was held for examination No
ycmbcr 7.
Archibald McNOrton rrmandcd by Justice Pattcr-
at the Essex Market Police Court, charge OF
having illegally registered from No. Rutgers-st. IL is
alleged that he has not lived there than five days
About dozen other men arrested for attempting
to vote Illegally but they were discharged By the ndyis
tratcs before whom they were arraigned