Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1892-05-19
CUMBERLAND COURTS.

TRIAL AND CONVICTION or
EDMUND .. HANN.
william Morrison Convicted of a
He1nOus Crime; rive Prison.
ers for State Prison.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
After q number of challenges, the
following jury was secured. Charles
Richman, John Sites, Benjamin Bar
racliffe, John w. ,Laning, William
Bivens, Lucius Moore, Robert Allen,
3. Frank Payne, George Bates, WIN.
g. Hustled and Benjamin Hughes.
Charles Keighley was indicted at
the May term year ago for interfer-
ing with the right of franchise OF a
voter. The indictment was found un-
der the Werts act.
He was charged with dischareing
from his employ Frank Graham, be-
cause he worked for the election of a
certain candidate, Mr.. Keighley be-
ing Prohibitionist and interested In
the election of the Democratic caudi
date for the borough election at that
time Mr.. John r. Reed. Mr.. Graham
had worked for the election of Ralph
M. Weston for the Borough Council
The case was opened very clearly
by Mr.. Logue, and Albert Wanser,
a young salesman, was the first wit.
ness called.
The witness was one of the judges of
the borough election Of March, 1891,
and Mr.. Graham lived and voted at
the precinct of which he was one of
the judges, but all questions relating
to this election to this witness were
objected to by Col. Potter, and the
objections were sustained.
Before the witness was allowed to
go on, the jury In the Wallen case
came in with verdict of not guilty.
1t was apparant at the very first
onset of the case on trial, that the
fight waslto be sharp one; the at
tack was to be aggressive, but the de-
fense was to be equally incisive.
The proof of the election was to be
disputed, or in fact kept out, unless
brought in by some other means than
through this witness.
The Court overruled all the questions
to this witness, to prove the election,
and Court adjourned till two o'clock.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
The trial of the case of the state
against Charles Keighley was resumed
i'm the afternoon. Mr.. Mitchell an
nounced that the records of the Bor.
ough election of Vineland, of March
10th, 1891, had disappeared from the
County Clerks Office; that the re-.
turns of that election, and all the pa
pers fled with the County Clerk had
mysteriously disappeared from that
Office. Mr.. Mitchell also said that to
his certain knowledge those papers
were all on file in the Office of the
County Clerk a few months ago, for
he himself had had an occasion to ex-
anime them, and that the County
Clork had made dilligent search for
them, but none of them could be
found. If the Court adhered to its
ruling not to admit the evidence they
had to offer, proving the election of
March 10th, 1891, he, Mr.. Mitchell did
not see how they were going to pro-
ceed with the case.
The Court said it could not recede
from its ruling; the election must be
proven by the original returns of the
election.
Colonel Potter then made motion
that the jury be instructed to enter q
verdict of acquittal, and the Judge so
ordered, and the jury returned ver-
dict of not guilty, as directed, and
thus the case was brought to a sum-
mary termination.
George Fassett retracted his plea of
not guilty of keeping a disorderly
house, and entered plea of guilty.
Prosecutor Logue then moved the
case of Burdell Bailey for keeping a
disorderly house In Millville.
Herbert Stanger, who lived In Mill
vile, and knew the defendant, said he
knew Bailey's place and had merely
stepped into it, He saw counter or
bar, and two or three barrels. Several
persons were in the room, which was
small, and they were drinking cider.
He drank cider there; he had heard
noises and disorders there occasionally
since Bailey had had the place. He
had seen one drunken man in there.
James 8. Ware represented the de-
fendant, and, under his cross-examin-
alton, the witness did not give the de-
fendant a very cloudy character.
Duke" Mclaughlin was next
called. Duke" is we'll known and he
also knows a heap, but beyond drink
ing on glars OF mighty good cider,