The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-08-01
TIE STUFFHRS' doom.
Three More Election Ras-
Gals Plead Guilty; 0ae,
Non Vult.
ONLY THREE GANGS LEFT.
All Sentences Postponed to August
11-0ne Batch to Stand
Trial.
ONLY THREE GANGS LEFT.

a crowded court room greeted Judges
Lippfncott and Kenny this morning when
they emerged from the seclusion of the
Judges chambers to the bench. The
crowd was composed OF politicians who
felt curious to ascertain what punish
ment would be meted out to the ballot
box suffers who were to come up for
sentence
These were John Farrant, Thomas Nell
son. Charles Scott and George Heller, Of
the Fourth precinct of the First district,
and Nat Fowler, James H. Jordan and
William Reen of the Fifth precinct, First
district. After a few minutes of quiet
expectancy on the part of the ballot box
suffers and their friends, Judge Lippin-
colt remarked
1T may as well be.said now that in those
cases where convictions have been made
and pleas of guilty accepted, and the
sentences set down for today, the Court
VIII not impose sentence this morning.
our reason for this is that we think each
individual case should be construed by
the Court separately to determine the
punishment the Court should Impose.
we have not had time enough to do this.
me other reason Is that we believe that
| HI OF tne cases to come before us now
should be disposed of before sentence is
announced In any case. We think these
cases will he disposed of by August IL,
and, therefore, the sentences in the cases
set down for today will be postponed
until ten O'Clock Thursday, August H."
Billy Reen heaved sigh of relief when
he heard this reprieve announced by the
Court, and the sigh was heartily echoed
by the six other unforuunars sitting be-
side him. They all withdrew from Court,
their bail holding good until sentence Ia
imposed.
ANOTHER GANG.
Prosecutor Winfield, Immediately
moved the case against the ballot box
stuf1ers IN the Eighth precinct. Fourth dis
trlct. These men where Charles Carr,
William Costfgan and William Sweeting.
ham. Democrats, and Raphael de Huy-
better, Republican.
Judge Daily when the Prosecutor
finished his remarks asked the indulgence
OF the Court for few minutes time be-
cause his associate, Senator Robert
S. Hudspeth. was not present The
court granted the delay and the
four accused men and Judge DAILY
retired for conference, which lasted five
minutes. At its conclusion they entered
the court room again, and Carr, Sweet
ingham and Costigan announced that
Indictment. and the Republican" men,
ber of the Board, de Huybetter,
who betrayed the trust imposed
in him by his party, desired
te plead non vult, which in the eyes of
the Court is a simple admission of guilt
without intention of committing wrong.
The Court always carefully examines
into cases where non vult is pleaded, aud
if the circumstances warrant it the plea
Of non vult has no more effect than plea
of guilty without reservation.
When these men had made their pleas
Judge Lippincott directed them to appear
in Court on August IL for sentence. The
ballot box suffers then withdrew from
the Court room followed by their friends,
and in few minutes the room was
empty.
ONLY THREE MORE.
There are but three more patches Of
election officers to be tried for the cleo
tion frauds of November, 1880 and the
first one of these three will come
up for trial Wednesday. The ac-
cused men are James S. DAILY,
Thomas Mailly, John Mahoney and Louis
Heller, Jr. Heller is now in the City Hospi-
tai dangerously i'll, and report was cir
culated this morning that he had died
during the night, but inquiry at the hos
unfounded. Should he be too i'll
to be in Court Wednesday the other three
men will be tried without him. Judge
DAILY said today that no plea of guilty
would be made in this case, and that he
believed the four accused men would be
acquitted.
The two other patches to be tried will
be the -Four Johns' of Hoboken, John
Moran. John Duryea, John Dennison and
John W. Moots of the Fifth precinct,
Seventh district, and Richard Whalep,
J. Connell, Thomas Burt and Frank E.
Herrick of the Fifteenth precinct, Third
district