, 1924-10-29
Regarding That $8,66l.02

Alter lnO a month OF silence OH the matter II receIptSI
my term of office my opponent and his chief supporter, Caroline
showing all court expenses and showing only the amount of fines
out the sa,s19.67 actually paid to the Clerk of the Court in fines
to be paid out of then the general S@pM ifaud of f the ss county, C. untys as 81 the G result
of law enforcement during my administration. The article is so
lished by me are incorrect. My figures were taken from the
Court, but as l have always stated the figures given by me rep
resent only the cost Of criminal prosecutions, including expenses
by me: They did not include the general court expenses nor the
None of these last items amounting to $3,2925 so in the aggregate
are ch aagfS sa to San naud prosecutions sd o r dG[ the neid nnt tna f the ne
criminal cases had been tried. The last jury term lasted five
criminal cases, according to the Court records I The balance Of o.
the prosecuting attorney be responsible for general court expense
items, all of which go on Just the same if no criminal cases are
due to our law which gives any litigant in a civil case the right
jury a f sy Of only Ef 81 UNI I : am nNp Certainly y not S%G responsible for r
f fTiaf Of criminal epIri s1p easss' eS oyer thre enE 9rGss on %' the eaH m flea dcs and
disposed of are civil cases and only onefourth are criminal
published some time ago and which remains gncontroverted is
amounted to %$6,o78.o7. N0
It would not appear quite so much, like Juggling of the facts
and figures fsr if the e. true rue s statement %d b of all nr Of the receipts s%p% n FfSu tbnig
padded expense account. Their statement of receipts is carefully
worded to include only fines and costs paid to the Clerk Of the
s3,s1967 is not deductable because they are paid to the school
does it it make to the taxpayers What county fund gets the benefit !?
do they omit the following items:
State of Wyo%ing. County of Park Park SIS Court l. nau.hv osrtfv ,.+
the tab SI1So1 dated October OBJ TO- t 1924, fur furnished fahont to Joseph Joseph e. E r MeElyai in
the taxpayers Of PARK county which a taken place during Ernest J.
Gopperts term of office:
Bond forfeited in A. Ffiberti case 10000
Credited IN fines and costs pursuant % contract with county
commissioners and order of court in James Nolan, L. e.
Ricketts, John Boger and Ramon Oroseo cases -~~--- 1899
Total not credited s., 953 20
In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and official seal
at Cody, Wyoming, this 9th day of October, 1924.
ORILLA DOWNING,
Clerk Of the District Court.
State OF Wyoming, County of Park, SIS.
l. G. A Holm, County Treasurer Of Park County, Wyoming. do
eafss' ua ssss' hra ssst ! ne oo spPss%s" sa% 2i 5ssS5Rts Of and sh IS f Ssb1sns sd'G in fs
various papers in support of the Democratic candidate for county at
torney, did ct include the following items of receipts which have been
paid into ny office excepting a small item of justice court costs which
Cash received rom sale ola automobiles, etc. 34165
Fines Inc costs paid through the justice courts -------- 1,4O755
Cash received Livingston bond recovery 1875
Cash received collected by Goppert from paupers ------~ 3119
Total not credited
In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand official sea
at Cody, Wyoming, this 27h day of October, 1924.
G. A. HOLM,
County Treasurer.
"A computation OF the omitted items makes the following:
Inc paid to District Clerk going to school funds -m---$3S1967
Bon forfeiture ant by work in fines ------~~----m- 1953.29
our omitted paid to County Treasurer 331S.46
Total amount received by the county which actually got into
the county funds nj lin that way saved that mou to
the taxpayers go OF A