The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-12
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James Deane Must Pay
the Penalty Of His
Crime.
He VOTED FRAUDULENTLY.
Ringsters and Hee1ers
Panic Stricken---Judge
Lippincott's Ring
ing Words.
STRANGE INCIDENTAL DISCOVERY.
He VOTED FRAUDULENTLY.
STRANGE INCIDENTAL DISCOVERY.

James Doane is the first to expiate his
crimes in violating the electoral fran
chise At half-past ten O'Clock this morn
ing the jury before which he ha& been on
trial filed into court and pronounced him
guilty. They had been considering the
evidence since five o'clock O'Clock last
evening, and for some hours two of the
jurors were in favor of acquittal on the
technical point raised yesterday by Coun-
sellor DAILY. Finally they made up their
minds that this was a mere subterfuge
and the verdict of conviction resulted.
tits crushing blow to the ring politi-
clans, and there was something like a
panic among them today. The rest of the
Hcoundrels feel there is no hope for them,
and the so-called leaders feel that in their
failure to protect their guilty tools their
grip deserts them.
CLOSE OF THE TRIAL.
When the State yesterday afternoon
produced Watcher Egan's book, Counsel
lor Daily cast q bombsheu into the camp
Of the prosecution. He asked to have the
Court direct the jury to return verdict
OF not guilty, on the ground that Deane
that is, a nonresident of the precinct he
voted in; whereas he had been tried for
fraudulent svoting, Tor voting more than
once. Mr.. DAILY claimed that no evidence
had been offered to show that Deane was
nonresident, and he could not be tried
on q charge he was not indicted for.
At the request of Mr.. Noonan, City
Clerk Scott was recalled by the State for
the purpose of proving that Deane did
not live in the precinct
He gave the boundaries of the Eighth
precinct of the First Aldermanic district.
q n a n n o.
cinct?''
II cannot say.n
s'What is the extreme northerly bound
arv of this precincu?'
Railroad avenue and Pearl street"
Captain Graham, recalled, testified that
NO. SO2 was the highest number on Hen
derson street IN the Eighth precinct. and
that No. 4o2 Henderson street, where
Deane said he lived, was not in the pre-
cinct The State here nnally rested and
Counsellor DAILY renewed his motion to
instruct the jury to acQuit.
The court denied the motion, and
Counsellor DAILY opened The case for the
defense by calling Harry Speers as wit
ness. Speers testified that he acted as
Judge Of Election at the Eighth precinct
and that he did not receive any vote from
Deane, Perkins or Burns; that he did not
see Deane there at all.
Cross-examined;-'T IF you found on the
election books that Deane had voted
what would you say to rhat?"
cannot say"
do you know whether Deane votedg'
II don't know, but know this man
(the accused) didn't vote. The name of
Deane could not be called off to be placed
on the poll book except by me. !"
Shown by Mr.. NoOnan Deane's name
on the poll book, he said he could not ex-
plain how 1t got there.
By the Court:-"Did you call off every
nalna tha clerk anfarad 2,i
Eyes. SIR"
"How are you SO certain Deane did not
voteP''
Because know his face SO we'll"
Were you an election officer last Nov
ember, too?"
Eyes sir.''
What is your occupation?'
Keeper at Snake HILL
Are you not one OF the election officers
indicted for conspircay?n
II object said Counsellor DAILY, and
the Court sustained the objection.
DEANS OWN STORY.
After much important testimony by
minor witnesses, Deane, the defendant,
was called He testified in a surly man
ner that he did not vote in that precinct,
five o'clock that day. He was positive
he did not vote there. He went there to
see party to get some money.
s'I also went there to see if John
UBrien was not peddling two tickets"
said he. was disguised. When asked
to see the ticket, and 0'Brien handed me
one was at once arrested.
Cross-examined:--sI went there In dis
guise to enable me to find out easier
about the two tickets, and also to see TOm
Trotter. voted that day between Eighth
and Ninth streets, near Grove street. /
lived at No. 432 Henderson street. The
disguise wore that day was an old over
coat and a hat pulled over my eyes. /
wore 1t from nv house, and had it on
when left Trctt,r's. The polling was
next door,
He could not remember who let him
have the old hat. He watched O'Brien to
find out whether he was peddling scrook-
ed'' tickets or not.
What do you mean by crooked tick
etsf"
Republican tickets.''
Then you think Mr.. O'Brien would
cts all days'
..Yes, Sir; almost all of them do it,
said he in surprised manner.
what is your businesssn
II work for the Board of Works.
How long have you done so?''
about four years"
Counsellor Daily summed up for the de-.
tense. He claimed that the case ought
not to have gone to the jury, and also
that the State had failed to prove its case.
he asked Tor Che acqulttal or the accused
BOMBSHELL.
While Assistant Prosecutor Noonan
summed up the case for the State, Mr..
Winfield scrutinized the poll book and
the Watchers book that Drachman used
Election Day, and which Eaton swore had
been in his tEaton's) possession ever
since, with magnifying glass. de sud-
denly called Mr.. Noohan and
Nugent to him, and they too
examined q portion OF the book, and then
Mr. Noonan continued his remarks. Re-
ferring to The testimony of the defence
that Perkins name had not be IN soei
tor. as 1t mis- iioe recorueu, q uns l.or
Noonan told the jury to examine sne Lwo
they would see that the name, Perkins,
and address had been erased, and the
name Peters and another address had
been written over the erasure. This an