The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-11
THE ELECTION CASES.
Their Disposition 50 Far
A. the Police Court
] = Concerned.
SOME DISCHARGED AND SOME SENT
On.
General Local News.
SOME DISCHARGED AND SOME SENT
General Local News.

| lOusly assaultlng Slssie Jones, cOlpreu
girl, under the age of II. The de
fense were ready to prove her bad
character, but the actual features OF the
charge was proven and Smith was sent
on to the grand jury.
Monroe Smith lcoloredj was charged
with stealing railroad iron from some
party unknown, and John Clemmons
(cOlored) was charged with receiving the
same knowing 1t TO have been stolen.
Both cases were continued until Tuesday,
18th instant
Cupid Robinson lcolored) was charged
with three oifenses: FHsi, throwing
rocks at Minnie Brown (colored) and
THREATENING to cut her with a razor; sec
ond, with throwing rocks at Sallie Dud-
ley (colored( third, with Carrying con.
cealed weapons, 20 wit, a razor He was
found guilty on all three, was fined $40
and costs on the two first charges and
$40 and costs on the latter. and the razor
cOnfiscated to the State.
The continued cases Of a number OF
parties, colored with two exceptions.
charged in one form or another with
! Illegally registering, voting, or commit
ting perjury IN false swearing, were
heard yesterday in the Police Court and
disposed Of so far as that court is COG
corne9
Tlo Gr.f ease called wasthat Of Charles
Harri. lc9iorcD. Harris Is an old man.
Tie ga not know whether DE was regis
,e,cl tan Mr. wilkins. The registrar.
-sia ~ ..os ro-i.t,r.f m lie Fir.' nro-
circf of Monroe ward. The od man
-.il be msrcecl in line with iAe other
neon'e In fte Fifth ..ceinc' of M0lroe
car3 DC did r.f know wl0 they wore
lyel fb. F.nh precinct. iie hed
/ If. l.u.f in if. .oc..f DI r.t nfr-
t.,nt F. me- a,n4.,el 10 %, simplc. AMI
e, tte .r'..,.ror of Sir Alexander p
l..,iron l..,... di..lerred
1J...... ~ l,.,rI N Nni'ms ras
.,'' -.ii.I u.....s p.,alli.sYebsl.
i.......'',t. r..., ,..o.ioc, of toTo,s,n
,.-rl .',d ,,,,,,t,A ffot he was o,ior
,,,.o n,' r,.irl ,'re.inC, of Clay wand In
aP xxx, IN ~ r-,li.rt h. ,fyed ~ vote Mr.
=, 'i'-' 81, ,,..,,,sj bi,,, e,sinst doinp so
,d ,0i1 hir, tt.t Io Lovino Noon CON.
80 -. ,o,,fd nj vote and
'.'l,'li ~. o.r,s,,'i \vfliene said he had
ari'n DD,'i frln, a.. Gnvcrnor lie was
a,ft,,i'o4 t';',,4 - corr. he nerdCn win, him 10
a,'' ..'.ii;',', III ", ,,1,so Lr, did mot
NJ Cn1in v,ho syore ont the war
.o,, soiJ lo besrl tho conversation
ti - - 49, s,d Leerd Williams
49, ,o4a ttat 49, had heiter he armed Win
~. - -, ID ,,.no,e
NJ Anan cornse1 for Williams raised
u,n roint thet ,rnd,r the Code of 1873
~ .nt. tJJ'a,, W - f.lonv hnt under the
'u.o 0"ai5 %5 =. - not mo police
uo" - 1'o.lea .ha, :, nos rot,er for
Jus'iIo H.ioUN ,jU'u'V rn"r, ,' ond inrv ~ dc.
.ho nusns nt A. a iIliams an Mr.
tefi'ihe' aiU sIN, -. h.n
- -. 7ili'S~ so'.s sIlllosod D' ,yas the nevt
Noisom Ia hod boo, hefore the
i, ilan 'Si,t" inlt yednesasy on Ibe cbsrre of
yotinr while having been boy Of IS
yeers of ace convicted of petit larceny,
and discharged on account OF The faci
,ba, the ofTense was committed while he
en" wa" '"r ron,h but raarrested ON war
rant sworn ont by Mr.. Guigon last
Wednesday, charging him with perjury
THE charge was that after having been
fnllv advised as to the nature Of the
oath he was taking. he being fully told
that be could not vote II he had even
been been convicted of petit larceny, he then
and there swore on the Die that he had
never been in police court or any
other court, aud had never been con
yic,ed of petit larceny. The fact of per.
Jury was established beyond doubt and
Vescer was sent on to The grand jury
under the general Ian OF perjury
The next case was that of Henry Hart
Halt is the negro who came from the
West Indies. and was never naturalized.
He had confessed TO the fact that he
voted though not naiuralized. Mr. Allan,
his counsel, again raised the point inAs
the c0rpus dGNh must hrst be proven ue'
fore any evidence OF confessional ma
ture could be introduced. Common
wealth's Attorney Colonel Spotswoodtas
Of the some opinion and Hart was dis
charged
Later. on the street in front of the Po,
lice Courtroom Mr. Guigon remarked
to Colonel spotswood, "If your idea is
correct, anybody from Europe, Asia and
Africa, unna,uralized, can vote unless ns