VAN VOORHIS:
Q. Were you one of the inspectors of the 8th ward?
A. I was.
Q. How was you appointed?
A. I was appointed by the Common Council just before the first meeting
of the board.
Q. What is your age?
A. I am 33.
Q. Did you hear the statement of Mr. Jones?
A. I did.
Q. To save time, I will ask you whether that was substantially correct
as you understand it?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Now, I will ask you the question if, in registering and receiving
these votes, you believed that the law required you to do it, and you
acted conscientiously and honestly?
Objected to.
THE COURT: Put the question as you did to the other witness--whether in
receiving these votes he acted honestly and according to the best of his
judgment.
By MR. VAN VOORHIS:
Q. Answer that question, please?
A. I most assuredly did.
[This witness was not cross-examined.]
WILLIAM C. STORRS, a witness sworn in behalf of the defendants,
testified as follows:
_Examined by_ MR. VAN VOORHIS:
Q. Where do you reside?
A. City of Rochester.
Q. What office do you hold?
A. United States Commissioner.
Q. How long have you held that office?
A. Fifteen years.
Q. Do you know these defendants, Jones and Marsh?
A. I do, sir.
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