The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-11-02

UnQef uate OF OcC. ~, IeJtef from
prominent citizen of Bangor, adj
dressed to one of the county officials,
states that the Democrats of that vi
cinity are claiming that Mr.. Il. j. Cav
anaugh, fusion candidate for prOsecut-
ing attorney, has won eighteen out of
nineteen cases tried with Mr.. l.. II.
Titus, the Republican nominee for and
present incumbent of the same office,
thus, by the grOssest falsehoOd trying
to impugn Mr. Titus ability as law
yer and public officer and seeking to
manufacture baseless reputation for
Mr.. Cavanaugh.
Mr.. Titus was appointed as public
prosecutor Ivy Hon. Geo. Nj. Buck, cir
cult Judge, Nov. 20, 1891, and during
his incumbency of the Office forty four
criminal cases have been brought be-
fore the circuit court. Out of these
forty -four cases twenty-three convic-
tons were secured, eleven cases are
still pending, five cases were nOl.prosd,
one case was discontinued, one respond
ent was acquitted on trial, and three
respondents were discharged by the
court. Mr.. L. j. Cavanaugh appeared
in five cases only, and these cases re-
suited in three convictions, one disa-
greement of jury lease still pending),
and one mol. pros'd, this latter being
the famous Labadie case in which De-
tective Cuddeback figured SO conspicu-
ously.
State of Michigan, County of Van
Buren-ss. |, A. Il. Anderson, clerk of
the circuit court in and for the county
of Van Buren,, do hereby certify that |
| have read the foregoing statement of
the number of criminal cases brought
before the circuit court during Mr..
Titus term as prosecuting attorney,
and that the same is correct further
certify that | have examined the rec
Ords OF said circuit court and find that
said cases were disposed of as above
stated
Witness my hand and the seal of said
circuit court this lst day of November,
| A. ID. 1892. A. L. ANDERSON,
Clerk of said Circuit Court
There is little need of common ting
on the above record Mr. Cavanaugh
alone never tried but one case in our
circuit court and that is the case in
which the jury disagreed, as above
noted.
1t will be noticed that only in a sim
gle instance has an accused party been
tried and acquitted during Mr.. Titus
term. 1t will be further observed that
instead of Mr.. Cavanaugh's having
won eighteen cases from Mr.. Titus, he
has only appeared in five which were
disposed of as above noted.
Mr.. +. X. Annable was acknowledged
to be the leading Democratic lawyer
of the county and, during the time he
filled the Office of public prosecutor,
about eleven months, fifty-six cases
were before the circuit court which
were disposed of as follows: eighteen
were mol. pros'd, there were three disa-
greemepts of jury, two respondents
were acquitted on trial, thirty were
convicted and three cases were pending
when Mr.. Titus assumed the office. Out
OF fifty-three cases that WEI brought to
a conclusion under Mr. Annable's adj
ministration, 81 per cent. resulted in
conviction and "a per cent. were mol.
pros'd. Out of thirty-three cases that
have been finished by Mr. Titus, 20
per cent. have resulted in conviction
and only 10 per cent. have been mol.
pros'd. The record is one that reflects
great credit on Mr.. Titus and in the
language of Gov. Mckinley, lit is talk.
ing for itself"