Jones v. Skinner

Briscoe, ]., delivered the opinion of the Court. The material facts of this case are almost identical with the case of Wallace Howard v. T. Albert Skinner and others, decided at this term of Court, ante, p. 556, except in one particular, which will be briefly stated in this opinion. The appellant, Jones, testified that he moved to Baltimore City from St. Mary’s County about seven years ago,, and considers Baltimore his home ; that he was employed by the Weems Steamboat Company as purser of the Steamer Sue ; that he first resided on Lexington street, near Gilmor (19th Ward, 2nd Legislative District); he then moved to 403 N. Paca street (10th Ward, 2nd Legislative District), and from there he moved to the Steamer Sue (Pier No. 9 Light ⁵⁶¹ Street Wharf, the Third Legislative District), where he has been for two years, except the period of two months of the winter of 1896, when he resided at 416 W. Fayette street (loth Ward, 2nd Legislative District) ; that he had never voted anywhere else except in the city of Baltimore, where he had voted four times, the first time he voted from Lexington street and then twice from Paca street, and that he was now registered from the Steamer Sue, Pier 9, Light Street Wharf (Third Legislative District), and had voted at the previous election from there. He further testified that the steamer remained in Baltimore only two days in each week ; that Baltimore is the home port of the steamer; that thé schedule of the steamer was as follows : Leave Baltimore on Saturday at 5 P. M. for Washington ; remaining at the terminus in that city from 8 to 16 hours and returning to Baltimore on the following Wednesday.

Leave Baltimore on Wednesday night at 9 P. M. for the Patuxent River, arriving in Baltimore