The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-04-21
HALLE NOT GUILTY..

The jury In the Halle case agreed
upon q verdict of not guilty without
leaving the box. In the u. s. Cour
yesterday afternoon.
The case Of William Retting, charged
with fraudulent registration in thu
second district OF the Ninth ward, was
then taken up. This jury was empan.
eled:
Thomas Stirling, John Moore, Jas
2. Jamison. Peter +. Massey, ST., Jas
M. Bryan, John W. Day. Eugene Say,
ers. W. G. L, Carnegy. Samuel J.
Thompson, Hubert A. Roop, Albert
Wollaston, William P. Nichols.
The defendant was indlcued as VIM.
Reddlng. but he claims his name as
William Retting.
#. Il. Bach was called by Mr.. Watson
and testified that no such a name ap.
peared on the certified copy OF the as
sessment of Wilmington Hundred.
Alfred Irontield testified that the
defendant registered and voted as
VIM. Redding.,
The defense called John ]. O'Harra,
who presented q certificate that lie had
assessed Retting as Reduing; certifi.
cate was dated Nov. 1, 1899. It. was
produced at the polls when the defen.
dant voted.
William P. Biggs testified that he
examined the duplicates of his office
and that Ratings name appears on
tho duplicate Of 1889, In the Foutth
ward; also that Rettlng was not prop.
eriy assessed In no ward OF the city.
tic was assessed as W. G. Retting In
the Ninth ward in 1889. Had been
have been erased. Witness did not
know n mn ttar ri Fort that tha,,
ever had been any more marks erased
from tho duplicate. The supposed
Rettlngs name had been marked as an
error because 1t did not appear on the
certified copy of assessment. Court
then adjourned.
THIS MORNINGS SESSION.
John s. Paris, super visor, testified
Tint this prisoner registered under the
name OF VIM. Reddlng.
VIM. Ii. Peeney was present when
Rettlng appeared to be registered.
Retting was the man who registered
as Redding and voted under that
name.
MIR. Watson stated to the court that
there were several witnesses he want
ed to use In the case. One of them
was present, Henry Smith. but that
that Mitchell was trying to evade the
law in not bringing the original as
sessments In court He wanted Mitch
ell subppnaed so that he might be
used in the coming case. The sub
pcena was ordered issued.
The prosecution then rested.
Retting was called aud testified to
having lived ut No. 1908 Railroad ave.
nuo Tor nine years. About four
months ago he removed to No. 1913
East Thirteenth street, where he now
resides. His name is RettiDg although
he was commonly known as Redding.
The receipt was the one on which he
registered and afterward voted. The
witness was sick at the time and ask
ed George w. Simpson to get the re-
ceipt for him. lie supposed he was
on tho assessment list when he regis
tered and thought he had perfect
right to vote then and also at the pre-
sent time. The receipt was offered in
evidence by Mr.. Blggs.
"Did you ever pay for that recelpt?"
II did sir. l paid 94 cents"
He was challenger at the place.
Samuel Il. Lee was chief registrar at
the district registration place. The
defendant registered under the
name Of Redding. Witness asked him
how he come to have n receipt with
that name? Defendant said 1t was q
mistake. Witness replied that he told
him that on the election day he must
produce certificate before he could
vote. On the election day defendant
produced certificate and the vote was
received. The certificate was offered
in evidence.
MIR. Watson asked witness IL he had
ever noticed the name of diamond
Printing Company, liz King street,
Wilmington" on the bottom OF Ie.
ceipts. 10 which he replied that he
had not. ...
Witness neither knew whether the
name appeared on the list, ae he never
looked for 1t. ....
harry Il. Smith testified that the
signature on the receipt was that of
John L. Dickey
Frank McCloskey also said the sig
nature was that OF Mr.. Dickey.
The defense rested.
Francis A. Bradley of the Fourth dis.
trict OF the Ninth ward was called in
reply. The witness stated that he
told Mr.. Lee at the time that the de-
PENDANT was not assessed. Witness
had examined the books and his name
was not there. The conversation arose
over Hetting questioning men who
were applying to be registered. 1t
was Lees business to do that and wit
ness told RettlnG he had no right to
question after challenging the men.
Witness also noticed tue name on the
error list. His name was not on As
SCISSOR O'Iiarra's list as he could see.
The question arose as to how Asses
sor U'1arra could give the certiii-
cate when Retting did not reside In
his district. Mr.. liggs replied that the
point had been settled before, many
mon having been assessed In one ward
and voted in another. The court asked
what authority un assessor had for SO
doing, but witness could not answer.
The defence stated that he felt salts
fled in leaving tho case to the Jury.
Mr.. Watson then addressed the Jury,
and when he concluded tho Court de-
liyered Its charge. At l2.45 recess
was taken.