The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-05-31

made in such alleged confessions
and that the said defendant is
unable to inform affiant as to
what he did say at any of times
to any of the persons to whom he made
such alleged confessions, and that as
will further appear in this affidavit
affiant is unable to ascertain and will
be unable to ascertain during the pres
ent jury term of said Court, whether
or not the statements made by the
said defendant in his alleged confes-
sions are true or not.
| "That in order to disprove the al
| legations contained in the said in
formation and more especially that
portion of the information which al
| lleges that the several sums of money
which was due the County for taxes and
which it is alleged the defendant mark
ed paid, knowing them to be unpaid, ii
will be necessary to go over the entire
record Of the 1914 taxes and the tax
rolls of Latah County for the year
1914 and all the 1914 duplicate paid
tax receipts and all of the 1914 un-
paid taxes, and that in order to make
such Investigations thoroughly it will
be necessary for affiant to spend at
least three weeks in making an ex-
animation of such records; and af-
fiant further states that the Board of
Commissioners of Latah County State
of Idaho on the 28th day of May, A
D. 1914, made an order for the investi-
cation and exporting of the books and
records in the Assessors Office, Tax
Collectors office, Auditors office and
the other offices in said Latah Coun
ty, State of Idaho ,and that affiant eX
poets and intends to use the findings
made by such expert as the County
may employ in the trial of the said
cause and believes that a complete in
vestigation of such books and records
will reveal and present much mater
ial evidence in support of the defense
of the said action, and also that the
results of such investigation of the
books and the exporting of the same
will at least furnish the Court with
many facts and circumstances which
would be used by the Court in mitiga-
ton of the penalty which might other
wise be imposed upon the defendant if
he should be found guilty of the Of
fense charged in the information;
That it will be absolutely impossible
for affiant or the defendant to go over
such records and books before the
said causes would be called for trial.
"Affiant further states that the de-
fendant ,at this time, cannot have the
benefit of a fair and impartial trial
and account of the prejudice existing in
the public mind; that it is a we'll
known fact that whenever public Of |
lcial is accused of a crime in connec-
ion with the handling of the funds
If the County that the people in gen
sral become very much excited and
hey are too ready to believe that the |
money that they pay in taxes is be- |
ng stolen and misappropriated by
heir officials, and to force this de-
endant to trial at this time and be-
ore the books of the County are in
restigated and exported would be to
Ieny him the right of showing his
,revious good conduct in office if
uch should prove to be the facts and
ffiant verify believes that the rec
rds in his office and all of his acts
s an official will show defendants
revious good conduct in office
'sAffiant further states that on ac-
cunt of the prominence of the de- I
endant as an officer Of the County and
n account of the nature of the Of
ense charged the fact that he is now L
harged with the crime set forth in ]
1e information the newspapers of the t
ounty have given very great publicity (
} the nature of the charges against {
le defendant and also facts which
'ould tend and has tended to infame s
ublic opinion, and that the charges g
ending against the defendant have S
cen discussed by the people of La 8
ii County generally to such an ex- n