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others upon which guilty verdicts
were passed were voted by substan-
! tial majorities.
Six Of the original twenty-five
charges upon which the executive
was impeached by the lower house
of the state Legislature were dis
missed on motion of the board of
prosecution. All of those grew out of
4, Walton's martial law declarations.
| The court today will consider mo-
tfon to assess all costs Of the trial
against the deposed governor.
| Walton, having withdrawn from
the hearing Saturday after denounc-
ing the court for it's unfairness, was
not represented by counsel at the
| final session. except for the filing of
the new trial motion. and the defense
presented no evidence.
| A statement is expected from the
defense today. Walton last night
,angrily refused to comment.
Trapp Plans Message.
| Lieut.. Gov. NJ. e. Trapp. who has
been acting executive since Walton's
suspension before his trial and who
automatically becomes governor. de-
clared he would address the legisla-
ture within the next two or three
days.
!, A formal verdict was returned after
the executive had been found guilty
Of eleven of the sixteen charges pre-
sented. The vote was Al to 0.
Six of the original twenty-five
! charges constituting the Impeachment
bill were dismissed by order of the
court.
| The court, by a standing vote. de-
| MED motion for a new trial. WHICH
Gov. Walton's counsel filed immedi-
ately after the verdict was announced.
! The governors removed although
| not formally ordered until after a
verdict had been returned on each
charge, was made certain in the aft
| ernoon, when the court found him
guilty of abusing his pardon and
parole authority, the first charge to
be voted upon.
| Forty-one senators, lacking only
| one of the total membership of the
body, voted for conviction. Senator
, Jack Barker. who has consistently
voted in the governors favor
throughout the sixteen days Of the
The articles of Impeachment were
| filed by the lower house of the state
legislature, which less than two
months ago the executive had dis
persed by military force.
Gov. Trapp has been lieutenant gov
ernor during two four-year administra-
! tions and has been acting governor
! since October %, when the senate sus-
penQed Gov. walton dfter the ming OF
! the impeachment charges.
! The vote followed with surprising
| suddenness after the examination of
| the last witness f. w. Marland, pres
| ident of the Marland Refining Com
| pany. had barely left the stand when
w. f. Disney, chairman of the house
! board of managers. which conducted
| the prosecution, announced that the
evidence was concluded.
Vote ou C1emency Charge
| A few preliminary maneuvers and
] then a motion was made to vote
| first on article 19, the clemency
! charge. The court sustained the mo-
tion and the prosecution summed up
| briefly the testimony introduced in
support Of the charge.
The court then took up the rolf
call. The chamber was intensely
quiet as one senator after another
arose and voted aye" many with
voices that were kept steady with
difficulty.
Twenty eight votes were necessary
! to convict.
Senator c. D. Leedy Of Arnett was
the twenty-eighth man. With the
determining vote In his power, he
! told the court he would vote mo"
unless given authority later to ex-
plain his ballot.
A pause ensued and voice broke
the silence.
"All right go ahead and vote"
Then 1 vote aye " Senator Leedy
said, and burst Of cheers and ap-
plause came from the galleries.
clerk read the result, and Chief JUS
tice J. T. Johnson of the state su-