The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-01-23
FIFTH! E [!lIIIIlI..


The January term of the Unjted
States District Court reGonyened this
morning at fl.30 O'Clock with Judge
! Wales on the bench. There are 70
cases set Tor trial, 20 of these being
Indictments against election SUPER
visors and unqualified voters. 1t ia
expected that the court will DO In $685.
sion nearly two weeks. The late arri-
val of the Jurors was the cause OF
the lateness OF the session.
Attorney Lyman asked that the cases
against q. w. Currinder, Robert II.
Morrison, John Dordun and II. o,
Moore be continued until the April
term of court. Mr.. Dordan has been
appointed sergeant.at-arms in the
House at Dover. and 1t would be inn
possible to give him herring. Dis
trict Attorney Watson thought az the
cases We're held for court, and that
thoy could be settled in few days, he
thererorefure asked that the case be
taken up on March LIST. The cases
were continued until the April term.
The bail was reduced from $1,000 to
$500
District Attorney Watson asked TINT
the case against State Detective Me-
Ney be discharged, when was done.
McVey was charged with interfering
with letter carrier Flynn while on duty
on November |.
The case against Robert Il. Morrison.
the registrar of the Nothern Election
District OF New Castle County, was
then taken up. The jurors chosen were:
John Hyde, foreman; William Me-
Bride. James George, George b.
Townsend, w. s. Lednum, Edward w.
Richards, John Prettyman, Phineas f.
Ihorp, Alexander Blitten, David Choate.
Thomas Holt, A. ID. Bird, Robert
Armstrong and Henry w. Gray.
halienged-llenry NJ. White Ferdi-
nand Chairs, Francis Ii. McCauley,
Theodore Armstrong and james Calla-
han.
James b. Hance, the prosecuting
witness, testified that he resided ut
New Castle,
He had lived there for fifteen years,
and during the year of 9l-92 was asses
Sor oil that hundred, On September
he applied at the northern election dis.
trict to be Registered. Registrar Nor
rison asked II Ae wanted to DO quali-
He'd. lie reLlied that he did. Read
tax receipt and remarked: "I'll not
qualify you on that receipt" | asked
on what grounds, but did not get sat
lsthction. fle afterward went In Octu-
her and was registered by MIR. Morri-
son.
Mr.. Hance was asked to step aside
while Israel iidinRs was called. Mr..
Ridings stated that the receipt had
been issued by him on Saturday, June
"a, 1891. Tho receipt was offered IN
evidence.
On cross examination by Attorney
Napdegrirt, it was brought out that
Mr. iinnce had paid his Tux by INSTALL
ments, and that the receipt had been
Issued upon the last payment. The
witness also had issused receipts on
Monday for money received on Sutur-
day night.
Mr.. HanCe was recalled by Mr.. Van
degrift for cross examination. and
denied ever having attempted to rog-
lister before the time on any fraudu.
lent receipt. = He also denied that
Registrar Morrison made the remark
that he could not register him rs
fully qualified voter on the receipt,
but would hold the matter under adj
vlsement and register him fully on the
next Saturday,
William 7. BiEgs was called to prove
that MIR. IIanua had been legally as
sessed. Mr.. Nandegrift objected to
the offering of the book in evidence,
but the motion wns overrulod.
Recess was then taken until clock.