Evening journal., 1896-11-20
SIX ELECTION CASES.
Three Inspectors Indicted on
Two Counts To-day.
WANTS A CONTINUANCE,
COUNSEL FOR THE STATE sENTI-
MEL EDITOR URGE A LONG IN
TERMIsSION POWERS COUNSEL
ALSO PRAYS FOR TIME.

ALSO PRAYS FOR TIME.
When General Sessions Court recon
vened to-day after the judges had re-
turned from their busy session at Dover
the first case called was that OF George
O'Meara, charged with forging and ut
tering a check for s27- on the Ma
tional Bank, of Chester. and against
the account of James J. Buckley.
OMeara is the alleged impersonator Of
Captain Murphy. of the steamer Lau-
rada.
e. Baldwin r. Springer appearing
/ for the prisoner, moved to Quash the
/ indictment against his client on the
ground that one count charged OMeara
with forging a check on October Z and
uttering il on October 6, the day before
/ he is alleged to have written it, which
was an impossbilty. After long
/ conference the court ordered that the
/ jury be drawn.
When the jury was about to be
sworn, Mr.. Springer submitted tele-
gram from a Philadelphia witness, urg
ing continuance of the O'Meara case
until 1l.30 o'clock. This request was
granted.
/ ROBERTS WANTS A CONTINUANCE
Henry c. Conrad and Medford IL
CahoOn pleaded hard for a continuance
of the libel case of George W. Roberts,
editor of the State Sentinel. of Dover
Mr. Cahoon stated that this was a most
serious charge against a worthy citizen
of the state and only day before yester-
day the indictment was found charging
him with criminal libel The defence
of that charge was not like a felony nor
q capital case. but was intricate and
most difficult to prepare in order to
obtain full and complete justice. At
torney-General White strenuously OBJ
jected to a continuance unless legal
grounds were laid whereupon defence
agreed to appear at 2.30 this afternoon
and prove to the satisfaction of the
court that material witnesses are out
of the state and cannot be reached
at this term.
Walter II. Hayes stated that there
was no definite understanding that he
. should represent John NJ Clayton, in
, dicted fer bribery, but in behalf of Mr..
Clayton he felt compelled to ask for
a continuance until Monday. This was
granted.
!
! LAWYERS William Michael Byrne and
[ William Hilles entered with much ie-
licity into the defence of James r.
f Deane, charged with being concerned
4 in interest of lottery policy writing
! Harry McQuade and jeremiah Gould
& gave evidence concerning the game
- that often convulsed the spectators ano
even the court with laughter. Gould
v explained the workings Of solicitor.
a and the dream book and McQuadC
e told how drawings were made daily al
4 FrankfOrd, KY, and telegraphed tC
agents everywhere.
e The case was not proved and the
y court instructed the jury to find YER
s dict of not guilty. In discharging Deane
l. the court charged him 20 avoid even
n conversation on policy and thus keel
[ out of the clutches of the law. Dean'
S declared that he would never again be
# caught i'm this state for any such of
s fense as that.
ONE YEAR FOR A FORGED CHECK
- The O'Meara case was taken up al
n 1l.3O o'clock. and Mr. Springer with
4 drew his plea of not guilty and entered
one of guilty after a conference witt
the attorney-general Previous goo,
- ]
counsel. and among the witnesses ii
: attendance to prove this were G. w
= Symonds, of Philadelphia. who imper
:. sonated Lord De Ia War in th
y Farnhurst case one year ago; William
,, ID. Purcell, an attorney, also knew miti
= eating circumstances.
- O'Mcara, who is a large and stOu
% man with fun beard parted I'm the mid
= die. and a broad forehead. stood an
~ received sentence BY request the cor
poral punishment part of the sentenc
was deferred to the limit of the Law
I in order that the prisoner may be bet
ter prepared to endure il. He wa.
3" therefore, sentenced to pay fine q
$500 and on Saturday January 9. {
stand in the pillory one hour and to b
=, imprisoned one year.
ID POWER WANTS A CONTINUANCE
in Josiah Marvel. representing Jane
IN A. Power, who is charged with mali'
p iously libeling DR.. l.. n. Slaughter, az
ia pealed to the court for a continuance
a and agreed to lay legal grounds for tn
ht same at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
In Edward Gibbons, a young white maj
IL indicted for rObbing a stable, pleade
lg guilty and was advised by the court
quit bad company and the drink habi
as he was breaking the hearts Of thos
who loved him. The court continue
", to omit the corporal punishment, b'
n lengthen the Imprisonment. He wa
n sentenced to pay s16O restitutio
to money and be imprisoned one year.
IA ELECTION OFFICERS MUST STAN
= TRIAL
he The grand jury had very busy tim
.ct but its half day was consumed in u
a consideration of the various eiectic
Ie- cases. I'm which ex-Sherin Paul Gill
is a principal witness. Certificates we
produced and examined, and a host
witnesses were produced before the il
quest. The grand jury, profting by Il
no emphatic charge OF the court, is pres
,m ing every count brought before it to q
'as issue.
The first indictment found WI
WI against James T.. Drane, for falsifyii
me certificate of election Of the Four
m, district. Eighth ward. There are tY
Der counts against Inspector Drane.
lev us.~. 1,rtnfc .~ara also found again