The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-11-13
CASE coNTiN.
UED TO NOVEMBER e.

In the Bourbon Circuit Court Tues
day, the case of the Commonwealth
against George Alexander was called
for trial, the case having been con-
tinued from the June term of Court.
Mr.. Alexander, was in Court with
his attorneys, Messrs. r. c.. Talbot
and w. H. Whitley, who asked the
Court for postponement of the cases
against their client, Mr.. Alexander,
until the March term of court.
In support of reasonableness of their
request two affidavits were presented
to the court alleging among other
things that the attorneys for the de-
tense had but recently been put into
possession of the report of Mr.. P. G.
Snyder, the expert accountant, who
worked on the books of the defunct
Geo. Alexander e Company, State
Bank, and on this account had not
been able to familiarize themselves
with the conditions at said bank to
an extent necessary for the proper
conduct of the immediate trial of the
said defendant.
An extensive affidavit from Mr. Alex
ander, who is to stand trial on 80 in
dictments which alleged irregularities
in the conduct of said bank, was also
filed in support of the request. of the
defendant for continuance to the
March term of the Bourbon Circuit
Court.
The Commonwealth, represented
by Commemorative Attorney Victor
Bradley, and County Attorney George
Batterton, objected to any delay of the
case, and it was finally agreed to set
Mr.. Alexander's trial for Monday,
November %.
The affidavit as filed by Mr.. Alex
ander is as follows:
STATEMENT OF GEO. ALEXANDER
The affiant, George Alexander, states
that he is not ready for trial herein
at the present term of Court.
Affiant states that P. G.. Snyder, eX-
pert accountant, spent about eighty
four days Investigating the affairs of
the George Alexander & Co, State
Bank, that he lately finished his work
and that neither affiant nor his at
torneys had an opportunity of seeing
his report until the last few days, and
that neither he nor his attorneys
have had sufficient time thereafter to
examine the same, it being very volu-
minous, containing II typewriter
pages and neither he nor his attorneys
have had time to acQuaint themselves
with said report, and neither he nor
his attorneys are in position to prop
erly present his defense in the absence
of a greater familiarity with said re-
port.
Affiant states that the closing of
the bank Of George Alexander & Co.,
State Bank, caused stringency in
money matters in Paris and Bourbon
County, and produced intense and bit
ter feeling against the defendant in
Paris and Bourbon County, that the
Banking Commissioner, Thos. j. Smith,
who is the chief prosecuting witness,
has withheld from the depositors,
who are numerous and have numerous
friends, and connections throughout
the county, all Ofthe funds on hand
when the bank was closed. and all of
the funds since collected by him,
and that while he has had enough cash
on hands for several months to make
substantial distribution, he has not
made any, and has, in this way, kept
alive and undated the feeling which
was caused by the closing of the bank
against the affiant, and he states that
if he is compelled to go to trial at the
present term of this court he will be
made to suffer because Of the failure
of the Banking Commissioners to dis
tribute the funds on hand atthe
time he should have done so.
Affiant states that this wrongful
Withholding from the depositors and
the public of the funds of the bank
from distribution has aggravated and
worried the depositors and the public,
and that the affiant cannot at this
time, and on this account, get fair
and unprejudiced trial.
Afiant further states that the affairs
of the bank are so involved in litiga-
ton that it is now, and at the present
term of this court, impossible for the
depositors to know what they will
realize from the distribution OF the
funds of the bank, and that when the
bank was closed and for several
months thereafter, reports were cir
culated in this city and county that
the depositors would get but small
per cent, and not over ten per cent. of
their deposits, whereas the fact is they
] lieves, a greater part of their deposits,
and this fact when it has been made
(: known, by distribution and the depoS-
! itors actually receiving their money,
will remove much of their bitter feel
ing against this affiant due to the re-
ports thus circulated that little would
be realized by the depositors.
Affiant states that because of these
. false reports and the feeling they
engendered this affiant will not be
able to get fair and unbiased trial
until the public mind is set right by
distribution to the depositors.
Affiant states that r. B. Hutchcraft,
who was reared in Bourbon County,
and is about seventy years of age,
was a prominent and influential citi-
zen, and a man of family with host
of friends throughout Bourbon County,
and with large property and large
end varied business interests. was
director of the said bank at the time
il was closed. That recently numer-