The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-12-02

dam avenue. testified thar he is assistant
superintendent OF the tugboats OF the
| Central Railroad Company. On Novem-
Der 5. 1889. the company had laid up at
was named l. Foster several
years before. The Prosecutor showed
4 that five men had voted on that day from
| the L. Foster. On cross-examinarion by
| Mr.. Black witness said that the boat was
some times at this time still spoken OF
rs the l.. Foster. put on last registration
| day she was thc FL Nora.
| Charles p. kearney, the owner aud cap
4 tain OF the tugs james Edwards and Peter
| Smith. testified that there was no VIII
| liam Anderson on the boat in Novem-
| Der. 1889, although the poll books shows
i he voted twice. from the boat. -Four
other men who were on the list as voting
did not belong on the boat. The captain
| himself, who swore he did not vote, was
| down as having voted from the tug boat.
| He was on the registry from No. 10 Hud-
son street although he had moved to
| Pacific avenue some months befure.
1 VOTING FROM THE WRONG BOAT.
| Captain George H. Woolet testified
| that the name of l.. Foster was changed
| to Il. e. Mord about three years ago.
| James Healey, of No. ITO Essex street.
said that he was connected with the tug
1 boat Huddler. The men whom the Pros
| ecutor named, one of whom was drowned
over year. were recorded as voting from
| the boat, although they did not belong TO
! the boat. The witness and the
| others Of the crew were all checked AS
voting although the boat was at Newark
| on election day. Mr.. Winfield asked
what effect such a crew would have on
the tug. The witness said 1t would make
| it a passenger tug.
| Mr. Hudspeth objected to this as expert
| testimony. The witness retired amid
| laughter
place, testified that he did not vote at the
| fall '69 election from Hudson street, al
| though he is down on the poll list as hav-
| ing done so.
| Judge Garretson contended that the
name on the poll book was L. Hankins
/ and not T. Hawkins. He had the book
passed among the jurymen so that they
| could judge for themselves
! Phillip White, of No. "a Belmont
avenve. testified that he lived at No. 81
| Essex street in the fall of 'S9. Three
men who did not live at the house were
recorded as voting from them. Witness
/ saw Michael b. White was recorded as
voting once as NJ. b. White and once as
| Michael B. White. On cross examina-
tion Mr. White said he had a brother
named Michael White who always claimed
a residence with him but whether he had
| voted from there or not he could not re-
| member.
| 10 the court the witness said he could
| not tell whether his brother lived with
him two years ago or not.
| THE SAME OLD STORY.
| Michael Harney lived at No. SO Morris
street November, 1889, and was member
| of the General County Committee. He
thought he was the only NJ. Harney that
| lived there.
Mr. Winfield called attention to the
| fact that NJ. Harvey was recorded as
voting from there twice.
Il a ok.u ..e.t
| on November 5, 1889. He has lived there
| fifteen years. There was no other John
Hayes there. John Hayes was on the
| poll book once and the registry twice.
| He could not remember at this time
whether any Of the officers left the polls
during the day.
Elk Fire Commissioner Thomas ID. Mills,
the proprietor at the Washington street
gap ferry. testified that no one lives at the
| foot of Washington street. Only two
! men live in that vicinity. One is known
as Dutch LONE, and the other has been
there for short time only. Inc Prose
cuIor showed two men as voting from
there. Mr.. Black cross questioned Mr..
Mills to show that it might be possible
| for a man TO live in the sugar house, but
with no success. "a
Henry Dillon, Of No. Al Morris street,
Green. Miller aud Kennedy. A year ago
he lived at North Hudson. On Novem-
Der 5, 1889, he was in the Penitentiary at
Snake Hill. Mr.. Winfield called atten-
tion to the fact that Henry A. Dillon
voted from that number.
Captain Graham testified that year
| ago he had talk with John Green on
Monticello avenue. Green said that at
recess the Election Board adjourned for
| lunch. When he got back the clerk was
writing names in the books. Whalen
was there, too. Green asked what that
meant and was told that n man had just
| voted. but Green said he did not see auy
man around. Mr.. Hudspeth was trying
| TO get Captain Graham TO admit that he
| offered Green immunity If he would tell
all he knew, when the Captain declared
| that he thought Green was innocent in
| his opinion and that all the rascalitles
| were committed by the others in his abb
| sence.
CLEAN OF HOPE FOR GREEN.
"Then you believe he is innocent now,"
! eagerly exclaimed Mr.. Hudspeth with
| the enthusiasm of a drowning NAH catoh-
ing at a straw.
81 oDject,' roared Mr.. Winfield; "that's
| a matter of opinion
| The objection was sustained and the
captain stepped down, while the first sign
of cheerfuiness since the trial began was
| manifest among the counsel for the de-
| fence.
Prosecutor Winfield then read a long
| list of names on the poll book and not on
registry list. Then he took the string Of
| ballots and showed the jury what joker
| ballot was. There were l63 of them in
| this precinct, he said. the State then
rested, and a consultation among the
counsel for the defense followed. At its
close Mr.. Hudspeth arose nd said that
after consultation the defens g had con-
| cluded to offer no evidence.
| The Court then asked If the defence
was ready to sum up. Mr.. Hudspeth
| said they did not desire to do so. Mr.
| Winfield said he would not either. Judge
| Lippincott then addressed the jury. and
| said that the Court considered the jury
men of sufficient intelligence to decide
| the case, aud as there were no requests to
| charge he would leave it TO them to de-
| eide whether the defendants were guilty
| of the charge.
The jury then left the room and after
| an absence OF fifteen minutes returned
with a verdict of guilty. Judges Lip
| pincott and Hoffman held brief cousnl-
| tation and then Judge Lippincott said
that the Court would not impose sentence
| at that time, as they wished TO have some
further consultation in the matter. The
prisoners. he said, would remain in Gus
Iody and they were accordingly taken to
the County Jail. Prosecutor Winfield
said that there would be no more trials OF
election officers for at least two months.
The County Jail is crowded, and the Dis
trict Attorneys office, he said. must de-
vote its time to disposing of these cases.
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