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Tammany: 1789-1928 Tammany Hall; The Organization; and the Sway of the Bosses By Allan Frankin
Originally published 1928 |
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another person, generally that of `Patrick Goff, X his mark.' No applicants or witnesses were ever present.
"Finding himself fast becoming interested in what he had discovered, the attorney next visited the Supreme and Superior Courts. In the former court, where judge Barnard presided, the sessions were held in the evening, nominally from seven to nine o'clock, but oftentimes work was continued until half past ten or eleven o'clock. He there saw batches of men brought into court, averaging from one hundred and forty to one hundred and fifty in a batch. As they came before the bench, they would be divided into groups around four or five bibles, one of which would be held up by five or six men in the center of the group, and the others would `either touch it or stretch out their hands towards it.' The clerk would then call out the names, at the same time handing to the judge, face down, an application, upon the back of which the magistrate, without any examination of the paper, would affix his initials – the fiat for naturalization – no question being asked of any person, either applicant or witness. When this proceeding was through with and the men actually naturalized by order of the Court, Judge Barnard would administer the following oath: `You, the several applicants, swear that you are twenty-one years of age;
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