BEVERLY W.JONES, EDWIN T. MARSI THE INSPECTORS OF ELECTION BY WHOM HER VOTE WAS RECEIVED. ROCHESTER, N. Y. DAILY DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE BOOK PRINT, 3 WEST MAIN ST. 1874. Crowley, Richard-Opening speech in Miss Anthony's case.... 5 Gage, Mrs. M. Joslyn-Speech of.... 179 Hall, Wm. B.-Indictment..... 85 Hooker, John-Article on Judge Hunt and the Right of Trial by His direction to the jury in the cases of Jones, Hall Selden, H. R.-Opening speech in Miss Anthony's case.... 12 Van Voorhis, John-Argument of motion to quash the indictment in the case of Jones, Marsh and Hall.... 94 Argument in the case of Jones, Marsh and Hall PREFACE. 364.3 A 17 At the election of President and Vice President of the United States, and members of Congress, in November, 1872, SUSAN B. ANTHONY, and several other women, offered their votes to the inspectors of election, claiming the right to vote, as among the privileges and immunities secured to them as citizens by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The inspectors, JONES, HALL, and MARSH, by a majority, decided in favor of receiving the offered votes, against the dissent of HALL, and they were received and deposited in the ballot box. For this act, the women, fourteen in number, were arrested and held to bail, and indictments were found against them severally, under the 19th Section of the Act of Congress of May 30th, 1870, (16 St. at L. 144.) charging them with the offense of "knowingly voting without having a lawful right to vote." The three inspectors were also arrested, but only two of them were held to bail, HALL having been discharged by the Commissioner on whose warrant they were arrested. All three, however were jointly indicted under the same statute-for having "knowingly and wilfully received the votes of persons not entitled to vote." Of the women voters, the case of Miss ANTHONY alone was brought to trial, a nolle prosequi having been entered upon the other indictments. Upon the trial of Miss ANTHONY before the U. S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York, at Canandaigua, in June, 1873, it was proved that before offering her vote she was advised by her counsel that she had a right to vote; and that she entertained no doubt, at the time of voting, that she was entitled to vote. It was claimed in her behalf: I. That she was legally entitled to vote. II. That if she was not so entitled, but voted in good faith in the belief that it was her right, she was guilty of no crime, |