New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-31
NEWS FROM NEW-JERSEY,
BALLoT.Box SUFFERS SENTENCED III
PRISON.
sc.rH1Ne ARRANGEMENT OF THE ELECTION
OFFICERS BY JUDGE MPPrNcoTT-FoRrY

sc.ru,NG ARRANGEMENT OF THE ELECTION
OFFICERS BY JUDGE LPP1NcoTT-FoRrY
TRIALS YET TO COME.
At least three of the twenty-seven conVc,eu o"liJ
box stuflng election officers VIII wear p''soi saio
They are Martin Flynn, Oliver Strngham ana Jo'i
croen John d. stumpf was also sentenced, out Will ap
peaL In the Court OF Sessions yestc! Tue h,S'
18th John D. Stumpf arraigned before Judge LIP
- to, sertence The men were convicted two
,,oets ago and the Jury recommended them to inc
mercy Of the court. 49,, 49,, .otd
A careful examination OF the evidence IN your 90.
,,,v suppors the verdict Of guilty against you heou'
- o roouired at the baotbox; resolutely honest mon
Won and the others, were dishonest You were all AIRY
no.sessed with the knowledge OF the requirements OIL lo
law You resolutely ignored them all II you are 70
be believed ip your own relation OF your w. 800
ballot in the boxes could have been falsited ana every
man in the city, whether resident not could have Veteu
NJ three precincts. In fact, there appeared 70 DC ~
necessity OF any vote at all in order to nave Iu No
poled In your precinct Stumpf, tho highest anu lowest
nt,uv was reached by the election officers Everything
was false there registration, poll book ballots, canvass
and returns You said TO belong 10 the uiiere"S
olitica pares The Court does not notice TINS eNccp'
10 say that these election officers neither DEMOCRATS
nor Republicans They neither could serve their country
nor any party honestly They were political eeooo.trs
IN the service Of individuals who could reach puoc
station without Of absolute dishonesty ana rauu
and In that service honest for Office suffered some
and others disaster whilst the pirates IN whose
employ1nent they acted reached the poihs
~ their vile ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. The Court
neither seeks desires any merit for the enfoteeh
Of the law These must stand each by iteh upon
the evidence and by that the court must JUSTIFY s con-
sion and sentence relies upon all GOOD men
for eupport in the administration OF
Justice
Sumpf the jury found you guilty and recommended you
IN the mercy Of the You and your counsel ana your
friends have besought mercy your behalf You cannot
escape imprisonment and mercy be extended to you, 10
must be upon your pledge In court 10 submit IN all
respects to the Judgment the court without an appeal or
review 10 any other The court understands from
your counsel Stump you refuse 10 accept these terms
The sentence Of court that you be confined al nara
labor at State Prison eighteen months and thence until
the costs OF prosecution are paid
Flynn and stringham declared their Willingness 10
accept punishment without making any appeal. ana
they were each sentenced to term OF nine months at
hard labor at the pententlary. John Green who was
convicted on December ., then brought into
conrt from the jail where he had been since his con-
yiction waiting the result of his appeal TO the SUI
nreme Court He was an election officer In the First
Precinct Of the I'D District EX-Judge GarrgIOn Oh
his behalf asked the court to take into
the fact that Green had already been In jan. elut
months. Judge Lippincott then reconsldefeu .ne
former sentence Of eighteen months at state prison am
sentenced Green to term of six months at he pehr
There are vet forty indicted election Officers 70 De
tried but their trials will not begin before oepe'nO