ess suit of black broadcloth, and a snowy
white neck-tie. This was the first criminal case he had been called on
to try since his appointment, and with remarkable forethought, he had
penned his decision before hearing it. At times by his side sat Judge
Hall, who had declared himself unwilling to try the suit. Within the
bar sat Miss Anthony and counsel, the Hon. Henry R. Selden and Hon.
John Van Voorhis, several of the ladies who had voted,[169] Mrs. Gage,
and the United States District Attorney. Upon the right sat the jury,
while all the remaining space was crowded with curious and anxious
listeners, among whom were many men[170] prominent in public life.

The indictment[171] presented against Miss Anthony will be regarded
by the future historian as a remarkable document to have originated in
a republic against one of its native-born citizens guilty of no crime.

UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. (NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.)

The United States of America _vs._ Susan B. Anthony; Hon. Ward
Hunt, Presiding. Appearances: For the United States: Hon. Richard
Crowley, U. S. District Attorney; For the Defendant: Hon. Henry
R. Selden, John Van Voorhis, Esq.

Tried at Canandaigua, Tuesday and Wednesday, June 17th and 18th,
1873, before Hon. Ward Hunt, and a jury. Jury impaneled at 2:30
P.M.

Mr. Crowley opened the case as follows:

_May it please the Court and Gentlemen of the Jury:_

On the 5th of November, 1872, there was held in this State, as
well as in other States of the Union, a general election for
different officers, and among those, for candidates to represent
several districts of this State in the Congress of the United
States. The defendant, Miss Susan B. Anthony, at that time
resided in the city of Rochester, in the county of Monroe,
Northern District of New York, and upon the 5th day of November,
1872, she voted for a representative in the Congress of the
United States, to represent the 29th Congressional District of
this State, and also for a representative at large for the State
of New York, to represent the State in the Congress of the United
States. At that time she was a woman. I suppose there will be no
question about that. The question in this case, if there be a
question of fact about it at all, will, in my judgment, be
rather a question of law than one of fact. I suppose that t