The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-16
e0NNHLL7 CONVICTED.
Court Of Impeachment Lets the
Bayonne Justice Off
Lightly.
Special to the Je,se,i cfty Neacs.

TRENTON. March 16, 1S95.-In finding
Fatr1ck w. Connolly, the Bayonne JUS
llce OF the Peace. guilty on one of the
articles OF Impeachment brought against
MIN py the House of Assembly yester-
day. the High Court of Impeachment
did something which, perhaps. no other
court has done before. 1t gave victory
to both sides of the case, ait least that is
what both sides claim.
Connolly was found guilty on the last
or the four articles against him. and
acquitted on the other three. That
fourth article referred to the assault and
battery on Mr.. Van Busk.rk. for which
Connolly had already been convicted
and punished. and which he did not at
tempt to deny. The other three related
to the alleged alteration of his docket.
which he denied. and which he defended
with all the skill and ingenuity of his
skilful counsei. Ee was sentenced to be
deprived of his office of Justice of the
Peace which he had offered to resign II
no proceedings were. taken against him
at the time the impeachment was first
talked of. The Court took Mr.. Corb.n's
Interpretation of 1.-The Constitution that
IT could fix the penalty at anything it
chose below removal from office and
disqualification to hold and enjoy any
Office of honor, profit or trust under the
State. and did not go to the extreme of
disqualification so that Mr.. Connolly can
run tomorrow. the lawyers say. for JUS
tice of the Peace or anything else, and
can hold the Office. provided he receives
votes enough.
BOTH CLAIM VICTORY.
1t Is upon these facts that the respon-
dent bases his claims of victory. while
the prosecution stick feathers in their
n a conviction and not an acau;ttal.
The general verdict seems to be that 1t
was another case of the labor
Ing and a ridiculous mouse being pro-
When the Court reconvened after recess
Yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Voorhees,
asked Mr.; Corbin # he had my authors
Constitution a conviction did not neces-
Of disqualification. He replied that he
he's sentence in the Horsley case had been
merely deprivation of office. and. that
Horsley was afterward again elected a
suitation ana the Spectators divided into
small groups to discuss, the violence
and speculate upon the probable verdict.
view 81 Mr.. corbin's Construction 81 the
Constitution. Connolly would be found
guilty and disqualified from holding Of
fee for a short time This belief was
strengthened as the time went by n
there was no y.ndication of the
Courts re-appearing.
SENTENCE PRONOUNCED.
Finally after the Court had been clos
eted in the Presidents room over an
hour. Colonel Fuller was sent for and
asked how much longer Connolly had
positive evidence that he had been found
guilty Soon after, the Court emerged
from. h conference room and before the
Senators, had taken their seats the yer
Whispered through the Chamber.
Senate. read the first article of impeach-
ment. and Their. each. Senator. as his
name was called. rendered his verdict.
Nineteen Senators were present, and all
voted not guilty. Then Articles 2 and
3 were read separately n voted upon
read. and when the roll was called, Sem
ator Bradley led off with guilty as to
who responded. mot guilty for the reason
stated by counsel that the assault was
not a misdemeanor in office" This wa
the cue for both Republicans and Demo-
Ketcham. Herbert. Parry. Rogers, Skirm,
Smith. Stokes. Thompson, Voorhees,.
W Sot gu Mdl1iappsii Il brake ak A Rahl. Skates.
Winton. 5. all Democrats.
Connolly was then placed at the bar
and Senator Voorhees, told him that the
the people of New Jersey had impeached
him, and that the Court had found him
guilty of one of the charges and that
the sentence Ct me Squirt Ta S,s thae ne ne
the Peace. The Court having, completed
ifs labor. resolved itself back into the
Senate and started in agadn to grind out