The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-06
No MoaE ELECTION TRIALS JUsr WOW.
Three More Inspectors seat 90 rrisou-Fivs
Have gIsd-Four Rerain 60 Ne Trtes.

Three move Inspectors seat 60 rrisou-Fiv.
Have yIsd-Four Re-ain 60 Ne Trirs.
The election trials we're wound up yesterday
in the Court Of oyer and Tsrmlner. John
Harding was the FIRST prisoner called. Hard
| ing was an election INSPECTOR in the Twenty.
eighth Election district OF the Fourth Assem-
bly, district Peter Neville Chairman OF the
Board in the same district recently got year
for neglect Of duty in improperly drawing out
surplus ballots cast 2 Harding was accused Of
the same offence and pleaded guilty. He was
fined 5000.
Joseph Z. Humphries failed to respond TO
his name. His bail Of $4,000 was forfeited.
but the Court gave Hugh Freel the bonds
FareaI j. Gallagher, who was an election In
spector in the same district as Neville, stepped
up to The bar trembling all over He f. %
Justice Barrett said that only for the age Of
the defendant he would pass a heavy sentence
1T was no excuse" said he. that on sc-
count OF your age you did not see the law vlo-
acted as election Inspector II you we're incom-
petent 1on must never act again. Out OF re.
gard gard to yoSr years suspend sentence in your
There was a laugh around the court at this
fn 1I.nt S OF the JU U,sx P9 Clerk
merely a, technical offence. Justice Barrett
John 3 degan pleaded guilty to electioneer-
ing too near the POLLS in the Twenty-seventh
Election district OF the Twenty-third Assembly
In accordance With the rule / have. laid
down in these cases ;sia Justice Barrett
I HIsSssSci william liam %li:s sRS FssSsi
Of duty In the Fiiteenth Eieeton district 81 the
Second Assembly district. Justice Barrett said
that the cases q. did not show any perversity or
IN, win tne you each 5000. said he, and
n1f ssnsFes G' sRdi &oonsS and
Charles Mckenne to the bar /" shouted Mr.
81 Gug h: sns c sssrf re *, S,
di.trics zsnsSssI did not answer. Ai lie mas
Rooney and MeKsnna Withdrew their pleas
Of not guilty Bcth e ths deisnd1 mt .RGse
place was damp and that there was no ire
there. rhey. were at the booth all day and
had been committed they we're not resp o!ble.
a, The specific charge age si them was that
Astoria. who was a Republican candidate In In
the district. whereas he had received forty
votes. They had overlooked also lot Of past
TskiIg fsysrythips into con.ids,atiSns
to one near 81 snd In the
Huiy Gee that's a corker." exclaimed
Rooney. rs he was led away by Deputy Sheriff
The case against Charles Rogue. who was
charged with neglect OF DUTY was OlSmlsHeQ.
Thomas McMahon. who was Jointly Indicted
with Rogue and Dunphy. and whose bail was
S5 on Hs sstg d ~ 81.
ing an illegal oath In the Twenty sixth Eleo-
tion district Of the Eighth Assembly district
to men who pretended to be blind.
Justice Barrett said that he thought Nc
Mahon'e sentence should not DO so severe as
that OF Dunphy.
"One year In the penitentiary will satisfy
justice In this case" he said.
In the caseAgain st Asher Bernstein charged
with perjury sentence was suspended.
This brought the election trials TO a conclu-
their long and faithful services during the
You have done great public service" said
he and cannot dismiss you with the ordi-
nary need OF thanks. The object OF the
. punishm snt inflicted on those convicted 10 not
the future evildoers will be deferred from
these practices, and that We may have Inn
partial. fair and honest elections"
f. j. kneeland. Ii. j. Kennedy. and Louis p.
Roth, all election inspectors charged with false
Frederick HingIebi unless he pleads guilty.
will dispose OF him.
phries. Edmund Letter. Edward O'DonneIl,
Meyer Marks. and James Collins. Eightcen
them fined also. Eleven escaped with fnes.
sentence has been suspended In seven cases,
and in thirty cases'the indictments have been
Justice Patterson has refused certificate Of
reasonable doubt to Peter Neville. and says
a simple travssty OF justice II any stay were