The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-21

Governor Graham's trial will come aft
er he has retired from the Office Of chief
executive of the state, his term expiring
! by limitation early in January, Mean
while bail Of IS 900 Is furnished by Frank
NJ. Cory Of Montpelier and II. w. Var
mum Of Jeffersonville and Barre.
/ Graham is charged with 1862 counts, of
(which 10 are fer alleged -embezzlement,
while he was serving the state of Yer
mont as auditor. The date of the first
larceny charge is April 80, 1918, and the
date Of the last larceny charge Il Jan 5,
1917. The first embezzlement charge is
dated April l6, 1915, and the last em-
| bezzlement charge, Jan. 5, 1917 The l52
counts of the larceny charge name to-
| tai of S39,445.90, but there are vouchers
which reduce the amount to about S20,-
loco. The sum Of Sl9.sS0 has recently
been placed In the state treasurer's
hands, so that restoration OF those funds
has been practically completed, it is
| claimed.
Governor Graham came TO county court
without the formality Of papers having
been served on him. In fact, there was
some doubt in the minds of attorneys
whether warrant could have been
served upon him while governor. He was
represented in court by Attorney Rufus
| E. Brown of Burlington.
On Judge Stanton's query if there was
business to be disposed of, Attorney Gen
eral Barber stated that he understood
Governor Graham was present to furnish
| bail in the indictment which the grand
| jury had found against him. The attor-
ney general explained the number Of the
counts, after which he said that bail of
| $1,000 was satisfactory to the state,
Thereupon, that sum was fixed by the
court, and Messrs Cory and Varnum
were recognized as surety.
| Attorney Brown then asked for a con
4 tinuance Of the trial until the March
/ term of court on the ground that he has
many cases pending in supreme court, as
we'll as in other courts Attorney Gen
eral Barber stated that he had hoped the
case would be tried about the middle of
| January before he tMr, BARBER left Of.
| flee and that he did not want to try the
case while Governor Graham was in of
fee. Mr. Brown, in turn, urged that the
case go to the March term because it
would probably be long trial and Mr..
Barber would 90 out of office before the
case was completed If the trial was
started in January. The court called
conference on the matter and then an
nounced that as the state did not further
oppose be would grant continuance to
the March term.
Governor Graham was very composed
during the proceedings. He sat inside
the bar while the negotiations were un
der way and, following the granting of
the continuance, he went with his bonds
men to the clerks desk where each was
| recognized in the sum Of 5000 for Mr..
Graham's appearance at the March term.
| After visiting for a short time with sew
eral persons in the courtroom Governor
Graham went back to his office in the
State House
Neglect Charged to Williams.
| Bank Commissioner Williams charges
| hinge on alleged failure to audit the
! books of the auditor and with failure to
report to the general assembly. Will
! lams appeared in court shortly after the
court convened this morning to answer to
| the indictment, which charges seven
counts for alleged failure to carry out
the duties of his office. Bail was fixed
at $1,000, furnished by his attorney,
Frank Plumley of Northfield. The case
was set for trial not earlier than Dec. II,
and at such time after that date as the
court work permits,
Speaking for Williams, Attorney Plum
II ley asked that the disposal Of his clients
case depends to certain extent upon
the disposal of the Graham case The
attorney general opposed on the ground
that the evidence of one did not depend
upon the evidence of the other. There
upon, the court decided upon the date as
above stated, and after Mr.. Plumley had
been recognized as surety he and his
client left the court.
The counts in the Williams case charge