The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-05

cate OF registration, winch gave MS
age as q years, although the witness
said he is now 40 years of age.
K H. Van PeIt said he came to Pen
sacola in March of 1912. Mr.. Pou, said
the witness, asked for his vote and
supplied him with a registration GER
tifcate Said Mr.. Pou had registered
him and that he did not so before
a registration officer and take any
oath. The witness, on cross examina-
ton, admitted he had asked Mr.. Pou
to register him and also his bro
Their.
JOHN CONSTANTINE.
The witness said he was registered
by Frank Meura at the court house,
although he told Mr.. Maura he was
not a citizen Of the United States. He
said he was sure Mr.. Maura had been
| told he was not a citizen.
G. F. Wilson said he was at D1-
wallis mill last year when TIT. Po11
called and heard the latter tell Mr..
Aiken that he. Pou, was the only can
didate for city commissioner who had
the right to register voters.
T. G. RUPERT.
ITr. Rupert said he k1exv Henry
Phillips, who testified Tuesday. Asked
regarding a. registration certificate for
was at Pou's stable and saw over one
hundred certificates. The witness said
this occurred the night the poll tax
books were closed and that a mistake
was made in AppieburgSs name as he
had been registered as Apologize. Mr..
Pou said the witness told Henry Phil
lips this would do for one day, any
how. witness said John Holm and
others took many certificates away
with them and that a cabinet was
filed with certificates.
Marion laramie said he had been
here for nine years, had registered,
but had never paid any poll taxes. The
books showed he had been marked ex-
empt.
At Il o'clock the state rested and
recess of ten minutes was asked while
defendants conferred with their at
torneys.
John r. Stokes mcveI that court
direct the discharge of Wallace Ken
nedy on the ground that nc testimony
had developed to connect him with
the case. The motion was denied and
an exception taken.
FRANK MAURA TESTlFIEs.
Frank Maura testified he was super
visor OF registration Of the city and at
the game time held the same position
for the county. The witness said he
is 20 years OF age and had resided ir
Pensacola the entire time.
Mr.. IIaura said he opened the city
books FOR the election and explained
that the city books were originally
made UP from the names contained in
the county registration books, and that
he also had transferred names from
the books upon the request of the
parties.
Regarding the registration of three
ministers and others. Mr.. Maura said
Mr.. Pou came to him and told him
these people were here and qualified
and asked him to put them on the
books. He said he granted the request
and that he registered voters as fast
as they were presented to him, be-
neving they were qualified to vote.
The witness said that possibly forty or
fifty persons were registered in this
manner and that he delivered some of
the certificates to Mr.. Pou, some to
Mr.. Rupert and others to Mr.. An
drews.
Asked by his attorney for an ex-
plantation of the registration Of boys
and Greeks, who are not citizens, Mr.
Maura said that every one registered
had testified they were Il years OF
age with the possible exception OF q
young man named Kelly, who lacked
only two weeks Of reaching the age
Of p years. In regard to the Greeks
he understood that the law required
that a declaration Of intention to be-
come :, citizen was SUFFICIENT and that
all Of the Greeks who were registered
hal told him they had made the neceS-
sary application.
The defendant declared that he had
asked every man who took the cath Il
no was e c3tizer and CT aga. the de-
fendszt saiG he thought st 4 man had
lived here FOR sc days and stated his
inteHnon OF becoming a permanent
resident he was qualified to vote IS
to exemption certificates the defendant
said that he o51tained the information
from the books OF Tax Collector ROB-
erts and the latter had eiao SO inform
ed him wfe,: Mr.. Pou brought in 10 or
IL fishermen that these uiSl were ez-
enpt from payment o% poll taxes as It
was their first vote. HE understand
Ing Of this law was that no POLL tax
was necessary for the first veto. He
stated that several apparent irregu-
laritfes were due to clerical errors or
some mistake had been made By the
tax collector In crediting poll taxes.
The defendant said he had a. special
interest in the candidacy OF Mr.. Pou.
saying the latter had been kind to him
and his family at various times.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
Mr.. Maura on cross examination by
Mr.. Loftin said that he had sworn
some of the people who had appeared
before him: that he did not know why
he failed to administer the oath, but
he did not administer il to some. His
impression WIS that foreigners were
the only ones to whom he administered
the oath. He denied that the Greeks
had told him they were not citizens
and that al Of the boys, with one
exception, had given their ages at q
years or over. He never recalled Civ
ing any certificates to any one sx-
cepting Messrs. Pou- Rupert and An
drews or of registering any persons
excepting for these three
The witness said he could not
swear his predecessor. Mr. Cos< had