The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-09-23

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70 make such returns a. 10y be
directed BY the court
On June Il zzs z11azneeG
that the count Of absentee L.
lots would be started shzr ezenzE
following q detailed order $500
that afternoon ! o'clock fro= rhe
chambers Of Judge Browne Fa-
lowing a lengthy preznzble 1he o.
! der read: 1T Is Therefore e.
dered, adjudged and Geereed rhzr
the temporary restraining o-uer
be and Is hereby disolveG and
that the bin for injunction BE-
and the same is hereby cls-
solved"
Conduct Csant Of Votes
The count was made that sane
night beginning early and the r.
suits published In The Citizen On
June g. On that date q petition
was to be presented 20 Judge
Browne by a group Of attorneys
asking that certain steps be tzken
and urgently requesting thzT
ELECTION frauds disclosed By -
cent injunction PROCEEDINGS arr
ing out Of the election Of June
% be investigated BY the exer-
else OF all judicial powers
! Before the paper was presented,
however, Judge Browne an
nOunced his intention OF suin-
moning a grand jury for Monday,
June 10, TO investigate among
other things, matters IN eOnnec-
ton with the recent primary elee-
ton"
I On June 10 . grand jury eoA--
posed OF j. A Gait. foreman; J.
NJ. Varela, clerk; John r. Dys0n,
John Walker, Vernon Hicks,
Frank Varela, Wm- B. KnOxles.
George F. Pierce. Richard n Saw
yer, Thomas NJ. Curry, George H
Saunders, Jr-, Theodore Albury,
Leonard Russell, Ellsworth John
son, Fred Saunders, Alfonso Sal
gado, Laurie Roberts and Enl
Sawyer, was administered the
oath and began the investiga-
tons.
4 Jury Returns FiadInEs
+! On the morning Of June Is the
jury returned their findings ID
! which three indictments against
Judge Rogelio Gomez were pre-
scented. On the first indictment
there were four counts embrzc-
ing unlawfully defaeing and
. mutilating ballot The sec0nd
. indictment charged perPetrztion
} of fraud in connection with zb-
sentee ballots and the third IN
. dictment, which embraced 1he
charge Of forgery, carried =
counts.
/ On Monday, June p. Attorney
! 7. s. Caro-, who was . czndiaz1e
, for election 10 the office q rep
, resentative from Monroe county,
. filed a petition IN cincuIt c0zr1
asking that the absentee b4lioGz
!, be declared void, and stipulz1se
that the taking q testimony
, would begin Monday. June -
E Since that time nothing has hueen
? heard in the matter and the E7k-
T ing Of testimony did MT Lax
] place on the specified date. hence
: this matter practically 1died >
borhing."
On the morning Of June . a.
: nouncement was made frou ne
E office Of the governor that JudEs
r Gomez had been suspended frsz
|, office
{, The next announcement q II
terest was made when County 50
:, licitor Cleare received nO<Eie2-
D ton that Judge DeweL. who prs-
: sided AZ the trial q th0se -
2 dicted in the Tampa [oEEinE
5 cases, would be assigned 10 Pre-
E side ar the Gomez friaL
On September IT Clerk a
Criminal Court c Sam T. CurTy
received an official n01IiczrisE
from the chief execufsve's offses
confirming the letter received -
Solicitor Cleare concernEEg 1ne
appointment Of Judge Dewel
This morning while Chie-
Deputy Sheriff Bernard WGits
, was serving subpoenzs On so@s q
, the jurors selected yesterday. -
was unable 20 contact Al - -
81 whose names were drawn fruru
the box. he was handed summoases
, for 81 witnesses VINO WI -
called 70 appear 70 tez1Tfy 3;
this session Of court