MISS ANTHONY:  I would like to know if the testimony of a person who has been convicted of a crime, can be taken?

THE COURT:  They call you as a witness, madam.

The witness, having been duly affirmed, testified as follows: 

Examined by MR. VAN VOORHIS: 

Q. Miss Anthony, I want you to state what occurred at the Board of
Registry, when your name was registered?

A. That would be very tedious, for it was full an hour.

Q. State generally what was done, or what occupied that hour’s time?

Objected to.

Q. Well, was the question of your right to be registered a subject of discussion there?

A. It was.

Q. By and between whom?

A. Between the supervisors, the inspectors, and myself.

Q. State, if you please, what occurred when you presented yourself at the polls on election day?

A. Mr. Hall decidedly objected—­

MR. CROWLEY:  I submit to the Court that unless the counsel expects to change the version given by the other witnesses, it is not necessary to take up time.

THE COURT:  As a matter of discretion, I don’t see how it will be of any benefit.  It was fully related by the others, and doubtless correctly.

MR. CROWLEY:  It is not disputed.

THE WITNESS:  I would like to say, if I might be allowed by the Court, that the general impression that I swore I was a male citizen, is an erroneous one.

By MR. VAN VOORHIS: 

Q. You took the two oaths there, did you?

A. Yes, sir.

By THE COURT: 

Q. You presented yourself as a female, claiming that you had a right to vote?

A. I presented myself not as a female at all, sir; I presented myself as a citizen of the United States.  I was called to the United States ballot box by the 14th amendment, not as a female, but as a citizen, and I went there.

MR. VAN VOORHIS:  We have a number of witnesses to prove what occurred at the time of registry, and what advice was given by these federal supervisors, but under your Honor’s ruling it is not necessary for us to call them.  Inasmuch as Mr. Hall is absent, I ask permission to put in his evidence as he gave it before the Commissioners.

MR. CROWLEY:  I have not read it, your Honor, but I am willing they should use so much of it as is competent under your Honor’s ruling.

THE COURT:  Will it change the case at all, Mr. Van Voorhis?

MR. VAN VOORHIS:  It only varies it a little as to Hall.  He stated that he depended in consenting to the registry, upon the advice of Mr. Warner, who was his friend, and upon whom he looked as a political father.

THE COURT:  I think you have all the question that any evidence could give you in the case.  These men have sworn that they acted honestly, and in accordance with their best judgment.  Now, if that is a defense, you have it, and it will not make it any stronger to multiply evidence.