Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-10-06
Tho election cases.

The trials In the election cases are over
and the outcome has been "blank haul.n
In cases which reached q trial there was
not sufficient evidence against the trayersers
tosend the juries out Of their box, As
predicted In last BEACON the indictment
against Mr.. B. r. Abel was quashed.
In two Of the indictments against Edward
B Harrison and the one against Leo J,
Lathoroum judgments for defendants on
demurrer were rendered All that stood
the test before the coBrt was one Of three
indictments against Mr. Harrison two
counts Of The one against John II Buckler,
j Rodolphus Thompson and James A. NJ.
Hayden and one count Of the one against
Harry = Graves.
The care against Mr. Harrison was tried
before i Jury Friday The charge weo
mmbina The ballot y Cos. Brooks, color
"a. contrary 10 Ills tliiec,ion and wlshes
Brooks testified tlssi ono Of ths clerks
marEtd lis ticket wrong, but De did not
know either q them ana could not tell
which aia IL Woala not nv how be 70.
ted Joshua Thompson, the republican
ballot clerk, testified that Mr. HarriAon
MARKED Brooks ticket wrong Mr. Harri-
son vas put % Tie stand and testified that
Brooks came into the polling room very
drunk lie and the other clerk went into
booth With him. Brooks told him be
wanted 10 vote Tor Gfeenwell, Hammett
and camalier. Mr. Harrison 50 marked
his ticket. Mr., Thompson said the ticket
was wrong. Brooks said you are fooling
me, and demanded another ticket, and the
second time told him to mark 1t for CANA
lier, Greenwich and Hammett This per.
formance was gone through three times
Mr.. ID. G. Hammett testified that be came
into the room at Brooks request and asked
the Judges u give Brooks fourth ticket,
which they did, and It was voted. Brooks
told him the ballot clerk had ruined bis
ticket Heard Thompson say The ticket
vas marked wrong Hayden NJ. II Yates
and George w. Joy testified that Brooke
was very drunk and noisy and that they
overheard bim while In the booth men
tioning Greenwich and Camaliers names.
r. @. Combs testified that he came ID while
the dispute was going on; heard Mr.. Har-
rison say that he had marked The ticket as
be was told and that any one who said he
hadn't He'd. did not hear Thompson say
anything Other Witnesses testified 70
Brooks drunken condition. &c. The
States Attorney called witnesses In rebuff
ii, and alter arguments by him and a few
remarks BY Mr.. Combs, the case was given
to the jury, which. without leaving the box,
brought in a verdict Of mot guilty the
first time, we are told, verdict has been
10 arrived ii in this Court for over twenty
years
9On Saturday, the case against MessrH.
Bucklsr, Thompson and Hayden Election
Judges for the 9th district. was tried
before jury. The charge was per-
hitting persons other than the authorized
officials to remain In the polling room du-
ring the voting. N. Wilson Graves tessi.
fled that he was the republican recording
clerk ct the election Of 1891; that the
Judges permitted 4 republican suffering
from painful disease and sick democrat
to wafm themselves al the stove and that
they remaiped but short time James
Jones, republican doorkeeper, and Judge
Stephen Jones, who was 4 juror, testified
Is the eang thing This was an ilie evi-