The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-05
ly right but that the gas would have
had to be charged to the county.
Wetch Proves Delivery.

.ly right but that the gas would have
had to be charged to the county.
Welch Proves Delivery.
. FL. E, Welch was recalled and Of
fered proofs of delivery These are
the receipt books which each credit
customer signs at the service station.
He identified receipts from Mr.. Candy
for s gallons Of gas on Dec. Fl, Dec.
%, 1920, and Feb II, 1921. Mr.. Gan
dy's signature was attached to each.
Mr.. Welch asserted that Mr.. Went
worth paid cash for his gasoline and
that Mr.. Candy never did but always
gave an order on the county for it.
The prosecution rested.
Candy Denies All Charges.
NJ. D. Macarthur was the first witness
for Mr.. Candy. He is a road superin-
tendent in MIR. Gandy's district, and said
that he was with Mr. Candy when he
bought oil and gas for the Ford truck
owned by the county. He said he saw
Mr.. Candy get gas once in his touring
car. This was late in the evening and
Mr.. Candy went somewhere the next day
Mr.. Candy was called and entered a
categorical denial to all charges. He
declared that in his five years as coun-
the county out of a nickel. He got gas
for the truck in December, he said, and
didn't remember getting any gas for
himself until in February. In that
month he got two gallons of gas and
had 1t charged to the county because he
was making a trip to Pine Barren outside
OF his regular routine and did not
charge per diem or mileage for 1t.
Mr.. Candy insisted that he never used
county gas and then charged mileage or
per- diem for the trip. Neither did he
charge the members who made the trip
with him for their transportation. He
used 3 gallons of gas on the Pine Barren
trip, he said. and didn't get but two
gallons of gas charged to the county.
In a closing statement Mr.. Candy de-
Eclared that he denied the charges from
start to finish and asserted that he never
received five cents above what he was
legally entitled to. II am ready for a
complete Investigation Mr.. Candy said,
land can stand the, racket. SO far as
the ESQ miles allowed mileage per month
is concerned there hasn't been a month
when / didn't travel 500 miles for the
county
Mr. Candy said that he had had gas
oline put in his car very few times at
county expense and had not had it put
in as often as once a week.
Reese's Ruling.
At this point a letter from r. Pope
Reese, attorney for the board, was read
The letter was dated Nav 8, 1921. It
stated that there might be occasions
when it would be legal for the county to
pay the expenses of the board to other
parts OF the state or to other parts of
the county than their own districts,
when such expense We're incurred for
the board in special duties, for example
the location of clay or Crawl pits, or to
examine highways for resting places for
tourists. or to appear before state boards.
such as the state road department, on
county business. In routine work, how
ever, the opinion said, the statutory
compensation must suffice.
Mr.. Candy made further statement
saying that he was on a trip to South
Florida for II days and his expenses
were $40 to s25 above what he expects
to submit an expense account to the
Joint Good Roads commission for. The
ruling was first given before the pres
emit law went into effect, Mr.. Candy said.
On cross-examination, Mr.. Candy said
that he had drawn the full limit of his
per diem and mileage every month. He
also admitted that he did not know of
any other member of the board who gets
gasoline charged to the county. Mr..
Candy also said that he had sometimes
filled his car with gas from the drums
at the CouSicl CaTIlPS Dull Of1iy WHEN iiis
car was to be used on county business,
such as for carrying tools, feed, ETC..
He didn't remember, he said, that the
county attorney had given written
opinion on the expense account until the
present charges were made.
Board Considers Charges.
Chairman Gilmore, Mr.. Gates and Mr..
Soderlind then retired to consider the
testimony. Mr.. Reese was called in as
advisor After being in session for half