THE ELECTION FRAUDS: THE PROCEEDINGS AT BALTIMORE; THE PARTIES ON TRIAL (10/29/1864)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 10/29/1864

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BALTIMORE, Friday, Oct. 28.

The military commission to investigate the alleged frauds in taking the vote of the soldiers from New-York was resumed to-day.

DONAHUE was brought into court about 1 o'clock. He had no counsel, but proceeded in his own behalf to object to the jurisdiction of the court.

The prisoner pleaded guilty of his having signed certain blanks with the name of C.S. ARTHUR, Captain and Aid-de-Camp, and no others, and as it did not appear that he was an officer of the State of New-York or of the United States, there was, he contended, no crime committed.

The Judge-Advocate said the prisoner first wishes to object to the jurisdiction of the court on the ground that the offence charged is one that should be tried not by a military, but by a civil court. In the second place, pleading to the merits he pleads guilty of having signed certain blanks mentioned in the act referred to in the name of C.G. ARTHUR, Captain and A.A.G., but that he is not guilty of having signed any other officer or private's name. He claims that this signing, not having specified the regiment of the officer, and it not appearing that there was any officer of that name in the volunteer service of the State of New-York, did not constitute a crime; that such votes were on their face illegal and could not be received. It is but fair to state that the Government claims that the accused has forged the names of soldiers and of other officers, specifying regiments. It will therefore be necessary for the Government to go into proof on that point. The President of the court would decide, first, the question of jurisdiction.

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The Election Frauds: The Proceedings at Baltimore; The Parties on Trial – 2-3
From Petersburgh: Reconnoissance in Force of the Rebel Position – 3-4
From Missouri: Gen. Pleasanton’s Pursuit of Price – 4
From Gen. Sherman’s Army – 4
The Funeral of Gen. Lowell – 4
From the Army of the Potomac: A Typo in the Field – 4-5
From the South: Curious Movements in Alabama – 5-6
News from Washington – 6
Editorial: The Soldiers’ Vote Swindle – 6-7
Editorial: The Army of the Potomac – Thursday’s Movement – 7
Editorial: The Best He Could – 7
Editorial: Relief for the Prisoners of War – 7-8
Editorial: Election Frauds and their Detection – 8
Editorial: Current Delusions and Their Dangers – 8
The St. Alban’s Robbers – 8
The Times Review of McClellan – 8