The sun., 1898-11-04
REGISTRATION APPEALS.
Cases That We're Heard by Resident
Judge Spruance Yesterday.
Many Case Yet.


The hearing Of appeals from the deci.
sions OF the election registrars was con-
tinued yesterday by Judge Spruance.
The sessions were held in the large court
room.
At the morning sessionFrank Marsden,
OF the Sixty-second Election District OF
the Third Representative District, was
ordered registered. Registrar John
Doren refused him because Marsden had
been offered a dollar to register by his
father. Marsden had afterwards re-.
turned with dollar but was refused.
The Judge said if the man was ready to
take the oath he should have been &C.
cepted.
The case Of Eugene Norris, colored,
was next taken up. He had been re-
fused by Registrar Hart. Morris works,
at Samuel Dixon's place in St. Georges
hundred, but claims his home at Philip
Archer's, in Appoquinimink hundred
The Judge ordered him registered in the
First Election District of the Fourteenth
Representative District.
Charles Barned, colored, had been
turned down by Registrar B. J. Dona-
hoe, because when he applied he gave
his name as Banock, and his marriage
certificate gives his name as being Bar
ned. Donahoe was unable yesterday to
identify the colored man as the one who
had appeared before him on registration
day.
Lawyer Whiteman, representing the
registrar, asked Banock here he got his
dollar, but the Judge objected to the in
quiry, saying they had no authority to
60 into that question now.
Banock claimed to have removed to
Church Lane on October l, and Eli ah
Townsend said he rented the house to
him. Judge Spruance ordered the man
registered.
The first case taken up yesterday after
noon was that OF Henry Whitcomb,
colored, of the First Election District of
the Fourteenth.
There had been some question as to
his residence, but Registrar Hart, having
satisfied himself in this respect, with
drew his objection, and he stands as a
qualified voter.
Marion Blake, colored, of the same
district, failed to appear before the
NouIU' JuuSc OpfuaHCe IeVleWeu ULe
testimony already heard in the case.
Notice had been sent him of the appeal.
The man hires out by the month to w.
W. Draper, at whose house he some
times sleeps, but it appears he is in the
possession of a house on w. N. Willitt's
place. His employer then gave him ad-
ditional furniture, apparently Tor i'm
mediate use, showing he was using the
house. The, Judge said that if the man
had come into court he might have
thrown some new light on the matter,
but as the case stood he would have to
disqualify him.
SubpGnas were asked for and granted
for certain witnesses to be present at to-
days court. Judge Spruance then read
over the list and found that all the rest
of the cases had been postponed, most of
them until to-day. He said it was
unfortunate that so many cases had been
postponed and asked if the attorneys
were not ready to proceed in at least
some of the cases. They were not, how
ever, and he was compelled to adjourn
court shortly after $3.50 clock.
He announced that court would con-
vene at 8 O'Clock this morning.
The court may be compelled to sit
again on Monday if all the cases are not
disposed of to-day and tomorrow.