The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-12

william j. Pape had ever asked
him. Registrar O'Connor was halt
ed in his answer by an objection
from Attorney O'Connor who in
formed the court that Mr. Pape was
not a party to the complaint. He
was sustained. Asked IL E. Robert
Stevenson of the Republican,
American had asked him for
similar permission q like objec-
ton was entered and Attorney o.
Common once more sustained.
Asked IL Harry c. Post had asked
for permission to inspect the lists,
Registrar Dillane answered in the
affirmative and was excused from
the stand.
Registrar O'Connor was only
| asked about Mr. Posts request and
that of w. s. r. Wake. He said he,
personally, had received no request
from either man. All this infor-
nation was entered under the blan-
ket objection of Attorney O'Con-
nor.
Attorney Epson approached the
Judges bench after Registrar o.
Common was excused and stated that
he would like to have recess of
10 minutes so as to have Mr. Post
appear on the stand. Mr. Post was
not present in the court room.
Attorney O'Connor cannot hear
|you," counselled Attorney Nathaniel
II. Bronson, who has been assist
ing Attorney Epson in the trial of
the case for the plaintiff.
Argument Over Post
Attorney Epson then turned to
Attorney O'Connor to talk but be-
fore he had chance to do SO,
Judge Dickinson suggested that the
lawyers get together outside of
his hearing. They did so. the ex-
PLANTATION being that possibly the
lawyers could agree on Posts tes-
timony and thereby avoid having
to call the man in. Following
sci on both sides informed the
court that they could not agree.
Therefore, a recess was called and
Mr. Post was summoned into court.
Harry c. Post, the only one of
the five petitioners who brought
the action against the registrars,
was the second rebuttal witness for
the plaintiffs. William J. Pape, who
described himself as publisher of
the Republican and the American
was the last rebuttal witness for
the plaintiffs.
Mr. Dillane and Elmer Parker,
clerk in the registrars office were
the only two rebuttal witnesses
called by the defendants.
Post On the Stand
Mr. Post described visits he made
to the registrars office in COM
pany with Mr. Wake and Mr. Wot-
kyns. He said he was in the
United States and has been a voter
in Waterbury for SO years. He
said he interviewed Mr. Dillano
three times during the last month
He said he asked for the work
sheets the registrars sent to the
printers and the republican pri-
mary lists for 1892 and 1888. Mr.
Post said the answer usually was
that the records were not available
or in the town clerks office.
On cross examination he said Mr.
Pape was not with him when he
made his visits to the office. Oh.
lection was sustained by the court
to the question put to Mr. Post by
Mr. OConnor asking how it hap
pened that Mr. Post went to the
registrars office. Mr. Post said his
politics were republican when ask
ed by Mr. O'Connor.
He said he did not ask specifical-
ly for the voting records when
queried by Judge Dickinson.
At this point. Attorney Epson
said Mr. Pape and E. Robert Stew.
enson were present ready to testi-
fy.
Judge Dickinson asked what
their testimony would be and Mr.
Epson answered the best way to
determine that would be to put
them on the stand.
Mr. Pape then took the stand. He
said he lives in Waterbury and is
a voter During the last three or
four months he said he made re-
quests to examine the records in
the registrars office. When asked
what the answer was. Mr. O'Connor
objected on the grounds that none
of the five petitioners in the action,