The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-30
There WAS NO DEFENCE
Election Officers Seem to
be Learning Some
thing.
QUICKEST TRIAL ON RECORD
Circumstances Indicate That the
Defendants Will Make
No Appeal.

box suffers of the Ninth precinct of the
First district took place this morning.
The case was railroaded right through,
and the accused made no defence. The
trial took place before Judges Lippincott
Paxton and Hoffman in the Court of Gen.
eral Sessions. The accused were Michael
Kelly, Charles Nugent, James Sammons
and William f. Howe. After the usual
formality of challenges that has marked
all of these election cases, the following
jury was selected.
John Kersey, foreman; Henry linen.
Philip Hackie. George II. Schinzel.
Charles D. Cheney, William Interman,
Ernest Asmus. Charles W. McCord,
Louis j. Apgar, Bernard Bayer, William
l.. Franken bach and Leonard Pfeiffer.
District Attorney Winfeld's opening
was more like summing up of the case
than opening. He said that there were
on the registry 775 names. The law re-
uuires that these names shall be full
names, but that on this register were
twelve initials, seventy-eight abbrevia-
tions and seventy.five ditto" marks.
Referring to the law that requires full
names TO be inscribed, the Prosecutor
said that whatever the Legislature re-
quired was for the purpose of honesty
and to prevent fraud, and it was to per-
petrate fraud that the law had not been
complied with.
WHAT THE REGISTRY SHOWED.
'There were checked as voted on the
register AIS names: the poll book showed
that 511 persons had voted and there were
bun 508 ballots on tine string. There were
no loose ballots or rejected ones.
honH ~ apid PrnaaHntnr
lis the cleanest that ever came from an
election precinct. II looks as il it might
have been made up in parlor. But look
here. gentlemen, the second and fourth
pages were left blank for the purpose. no
doubt, of being filed in if it required to
be done to commit fraud. The certificate
to this book is made three pages after the
last name is recorded. and it should have
been m de right after the last name.
This left more space to fill in names.
"There are 81 names on the poll books
that are not on the registry. and 10 names
on the registry were not checked as vot-
ing. There we're 80 names checked as
voted that were not on the poll books"
THE Prosecutor hear read a long alphe-
betical list of voters whose names appear
ON the registry and who are re-
Vosine Voraee IN i'm the the IDENTICAL den 00A order m
their names were registered, a thing Mr..
Winfield said could not happen once in q
million times. The names were in blocks
Of from two TO nine; as for example seven
voters IN succession whose names begun
with the letter ID" and five with III"
aud eight with enc" and so on through
the alphabet.
There were sos ballots IN the string
and 511 on the poll book.
THE CANVASS.
When these votes were canvassed thev
rave these results:-One candidate for
Governor received 478 ballots. the tally
gave him 400 and the returns SOB The
other candidate for Governor received 81
ballots. the tally gave him 10 and the re-
turus 80.
For Senator one candidate received AL
ballots. the tally gave him 499 and the re-
cefved 81 ballots. the tally showed 10 and
the returns gave him IL.
For County Clerk one candidate re-
ceiyed 464 ballots, the tally was 464 and
the returns gave 500. The other candi-
date received "a ballots, and the tally and
returns each gave hin: 10 votes.
For Register one candidate received
414 ballots, the tally gave him 478 aud the
returns 500. The other candidate got 80
ballots, and the tally and returns each
gave him votes.
For Director at Large. Bruggeman re-
ceiyed 3S7 the tally gave him 2Os and the
returns POS. Roche received 1865 ballots,
the tally gave him 329 and the returns
3O6. Mr.. Winfield claimed that when the
election officers found this number to be
in excess Of the total number of ballots on
the poll book, they took 23 ballots from
Roche and three from Bruggeman, and
SO brought the number down to 511 votes.
the number on the poll book.
For increase of pay of policemen there
was no opposition aud AIS ballots were
counted for it. but the tally showed 500
and the returns 5l1 votes.
CITY CLERK SCOTT THE ONLY WITNESS.
Prosecutor Winfield called TO the
stand City Clerk Scott, Marshal
Timothy Long, Colonel Williams, S.
Sharp and Deputy County Clerk Fisher
fact that the four men on trial were the
election officers on duty at the Ninth pie
cinct of the First district on the election
day In question, and then rested the case
for the slate.
Ex-Judge Garretson, Corporation At
torney Hudspeth and County Attorney
Rowe consulted with the accused and
then informed the Court that no defense
would be made.
Judge NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of
the jury, 1t is for you to determine II these
men acted together for the purpose of
making dishonest election.
.sThe Court does not think 1t necessary
to charge you on the law In THIS case, and
YOU have only to determine If these men
acted dishonesty"
The jury retired for fifteen minutes and
returned verdict of guilty. The men
were instructed by the Court to appear
Thursday for sentence.
PRINCETON COLLEGE.