Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-13
THE QUO wARRANrO SUIT.

Witnesses From Sixty.Three Towns
 Court Adjourns to Next Monday-To
 Sit in Willimantic Tuesday and |
 Winsted Wednesday.
 The Phelan-Walsh quo-warranto suit | was on trial again in the superior court l yesterday, and in consequence the court room was crowded almost to its utmost capacity. As on the first day of the trial, the interests of the republicans were looked after by Attorneys Charles J. Cole and w. 0. Case, While ex-Judges Stoddard and Lynde Harrison were present in. the interests of the democrats.
 The first witness called was E. J.Terrell, town clerk of Beacon Falls. He presented one of the duplicate lists of the modera- tors' returns for the vote in that town, the only document on file in the town clerks office. At this point discussion arose as to the transcript of the stenographer's notes and Judge Hall ordered that each side be furnished with one copy daily. Charles Page of North Branford, town stroyed. He presented the certifcaees of the vote. Edward M. Field, counter, swore to the accuracy of the vote. s. D. Maltby, counter, did the same. The town clerk of Wallingford, O. I. Martin, did not have the ballots, but had the certificates, and these were laid in, the ! two counters at the election swearing to their accuracy.
 Henry A. Bishop of Bridgeport, Second | ward, next testified. Town Clerk Nichols | and Counter Clark of Monroe, Litchfield | county, were the next witnesses. Town | Clerk Kirkham and Counter T. A.Kirkham of Newington, Hartford county, next testi- l fled. They had not destroyed the ballots l in their town, and the box was produced and placed in Clerk Anketell's keeping. l They testified in the usual form. One bal
 lot was not properly sealed in the enve- lope.
 1 Lyman A. Mills of Middlefeld, town
 clerk, presented the ballot box and it was
 placed in the clerks possession. Counter
 Miller testified to the accuracy of the cer- l tificate.
 T. L. Porter of Pennington, town clerk,
 and two counters next testified in the us-
 pired the ballot box was opened and g
 count made in the presetsce of two repub
 licans and two democrats. The count was
 found as it was originally.
 John B. Higgins. town clerk of Hart
 ford, presented the certificates of the eight
 wards of Hartford. s. H. Culver of Sey
 mour, town clerk, testified in the usua
 form. Counter Brown also testified fol
 Seymour.
 John O'Neill, counter at the First wart
 polls, Hartford, presented certifcat
 that four ballots had been rejected. w P. Boyle of the Second ward also testified
 that ballots had been rejected. R. J Kingsley of the Third, E. F. McManus o
 the Fourth, Frank c. Sumner of the Fifth
 Thomas F. Berry of the Sixth, Joseph H Sprague of the Seventh and B. A. Buth
 l of the Eighth wards all testified as to tn 3 accuracy of the counts in their sewers
 wards and also as to the number of ballot l | that had been rejected.
 To the question put by MT. Case to on ] | of the witnesses as to the reasons for tn t rejection of various ballots, MT. Stoddar objected because the rejected ballots COT :, l stituted no part of their case and Judg 8 Hall sustained him in this point. Frol y ! then on the trial continued in perfume
 tory way, evidence being put in frol
 Wethersfeld, Sufield, West Hartford, Be-
 lin and New Britain. In the Fourth war d of New Britain four prohibition ballo J. were rejected because they had the wo1 a s'for" on them. MT. Case asked the rel
 ! sons for that proceeding, but here M Stoddard raised the point he had previou '- ly made and was sustained.
 n During the morning session witnesst " from the following towns were examined z Beacon Falls, Wallingford, Bridgepor V Monroe, Newington, Middlefeld, Farming i. ton, Hartford, Seymour, Snfield, Wether J. field, West Hartford, Berlin, New Britain E Milford, Oxford, Wolcott.
 s At the afternoon session witnesses wei h examined from Ansonia, Southbury, Mic = dlebury, Enfield, Windsor, Windst V Locks, South Windsor, Simsbury, Betl i. any, Trumbull, Weston, Huntington, Mic , dletown, Guilford, Branford, New Gam .t an,, Woodbridge, Durham, Greer wich, Hamden,, Avon, Windhan e. Naugatuck, Derby, Prospect, stamfor' ,e Cheshire, Darien, Greenwich, Clinton a. Beacon Falls, Norwalk, Westport, Tai " field, Stratford, Orange, Meriden, Mort ,t Haven, in all total of sixty three tow, G. for the day.
 ,e The court then adjourned at o'clock h next Monday morning at Il o'clock. Tue as day the court will sit :n Willimantic al ,a l Wednesday in Winsted