17th. The trial opened with the newly seated Supreme Court Associate Justice Ward Hunt presiding. Several questionable actions by Justice Hunt occurred during the trial including his refusal to allow Anthony to take the stand as a witness on her own behalf, his taking out a paper with his opinion apparently pre-written declaring “The Fourteenth Amendment (gave) no right to a woman to vote and the voting by Miss Anthony was in violation of the law,” his stating of his belief that she was fully aware her act of voting was illegal and “subject to the penalty of the law,” and finally his direction to the jury to render a final “verdict of guilty” without deliberation. Anthony was finally allowed time to speak after the verdict was given by Justice Hunt, and she spent much time in a lengthy discourse denouncing his actions and why she was correct in casting a vote. Hunt tried to cut her off several times to no avail; she was going to say her piece. When Anthony finally sat down, Hunt made her rise again as he sentenced her to a fine of $100 plus court costs. Anthony refused payment, hoping to be returned to jail to try another attempt at a habeas corpus appeal. Hunt, who foresaw this move by Anthony, declared “Madam, the Court will not order you committed until the fine is paid.” She would not see the inside of a jail cell again as, true to her word, Anthony never paid her bail and therefore, was never locked up. •
Demonstrators hold a rally for women’s suffrage in Seneca Falls, NY, 1848
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