Q. Did he take any part in receiving votes, and, if so, state what part?
A. I believe that he took the ballot of one lady, and placed it in the
box. I stepped out, I believe, for a few moments.
Q. Did it to accommodate you while you stepped out?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. On the day of registry did the inspectors as a board decide
unanimously to register these votes, all three of you consenting?
A. We did.
Q. When you came to receive the votes, Hall dissented?
A. He did, sir.
Q. But the other two were a majority, and he was overruled; was this the
way it was, or wasn't there anything in form said about it?
A. He was overruled; I felt it my duty to take the ballots.
Q. In receiving those ballots did you act honestly in accordance with
your sense of duty, and in accordance with your best judgment?
A. I did.
By MR. CROWLEY:
Q. All three of the inspectors agreed in receiving these names for
registration, did they not?
A. Yes, sir.
By MR. VAN VOORHIS:
Q. I meant to have asked you in reference to the challenges; state
whether or not challenges were entered against these voters prior to the
day of election?
A. There was.
Q. On their presenting their votes, what was done?
A. I told Miss Anthony, when she offered her vote, that she was
challenged; she would have to swear her ballot in if she insisted upon
voting; she said she insisted upon voting, and I presented her the Bible
and administered to her the preliminary oath, which she took.
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