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The Daily Dispatch
Richmond, Virginia
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Trial began yesterday in Baltimore for voter registers accused of misconduct in the 1880 election, before Governor Hamilton, with counsel and spectators present; continues today.
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[Baltimore Sun, 4th.]
The trial of certain of the registers of voters of Baltimore city, against whom charges have been preferred of incompetency and misconduct in office during the November election of 1880, commenced yesterday morning in the armory of the City Hall before Governor William T. Hamilton. Secretary-of-State James T. Briscoe attended with the Governor. General Bradley T. Johnson and Joseph S. Heuisler appeared as counsel in behalf of those making the charges, and James A. L. McClure, Bernard Carter, and J. Upshur Dennis for the registers. Registration-books from the clerk's office of the Superior Court were produced, in custody of Thomas B. Gaither, deputy clerk, and from the sheriff's office, in custody of Deputy-Sheriff John Kelly. A large number of spectators attended during the trial, including a number of city officers and well-known citizens. The case will be further heard to-day.
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Baltimore City
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Yesterday Morning
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the case will be further heard to-day.
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The trial of certain registers of voters of Baltimore city, charged with incompetency and misconduct in office during the November election of 1880, commenced yesterday morning in the armory of the City Hall before Governor William T. Hamilton. Secretary-of-State James T. Briscoe attended with the Governor. General Bradley T. Johnson and Joseph S. Heuisler appeared as counsel for those making the charges, and James A. L. McClure, Bernard Carter, and J. Upshur Dennis for the registers. Registration-books from the clerk's office of the Superior Court were produced, in custody of Thomas B. Gaither, deputy clerk, and from the sheriff's office, in custody of Deputy-Sheriff John Kelly. A large number of spectators attended during the trial, including a number of city officers and well-known citizens.