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The Daily Dispatch: November 1, 1860., [Electronic resource], The election Fraud in Philadelphia--Conviction. (search)
The election Fraud in Philadelphia--Conviction. -- the conviction of Wm. Birely, a Judge of Elections, in Philadelphia, on Tuesday, of forging the returns so as to defeat Lehman, the Democratic candidate for Congress, was published yesterday. The Bulletin, of Tuesday afternoon, says: The case was concluded yesterday. At half past 2 o'clock the jury took charge of the case and retired, and at three o'clock no verdict having been agreed upon, the Court adjourned. For a long while after the Court adjourned the immense crowd, which had been in attendance during the day, lingered in the neighborhood of the State-House, discussing the probable issue of the trial. Bets were made as to the verdict, and the length of punishment to be meted out in case of a conviction. During the evening numerous rumors prevailed in the lower part of the city in regard to the rendition of a verdict. This, of course, was not true, but credit was given to the story from the fact that Mr. Bir