, 1924-10-22
MIR. Voter and Taxpayer

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that there was not enough evidence to obtain convictions"
Now, Mr.. Voter and Taxpayer, l am going to give
you a record of that court term, and you may be the judge
as to whether it was handled in an efficient manner and
whether | as your county officer, did my duty as your
attorney. The following statement you will note was
furnished by the clerk of the court, and is sworn to by her
as being a true and complete report of the court term in
question:
State of wyoming. County of Park, S..
l. orna Downing, Clerk of the District court. in and for Park
disclose the following facts in regard to the cases which
considered at the November. 1928. term of the District court.
which was the last jury term in Park county:
Cases in which pleas of guilty We're entered ----~------~ Il
Cases tried in which verdicts of guilty were made ------~- 2
Cases tried resulting in hung juries ~--~-~~~~~~~- 2
Cases tried resulting in verdicts of acquital ------- 8
Cases dismissed after payment of costs by defendants and
! settlement approved by court --~------ 10
Cases dismissed because prosecuting witnesses could not be
Cases dismissed because defendants therein had never been
arrested by the sheriff because fugidves from justice s
Cases dismissed because of pleas of guilty entered o a $ result
Cases continued pending settlements - 3
Less Implications 2
The results from these asses were as follows:
Men sent to state penitentary 5
Men sent to jail 5
Total number of Jail sentences, rs months.
Time served to date, IA months, 2 days.
Total fines and costs assessed
Amount paid to date 2,OO41O
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official
sea at Cody, Wyoming, this 21st day of October, A. L. 1924.
(sEAL) Clerk of the District Court.
After reading the foregoing report, Mr. Voter, it can
that Sc cases were thrown out of court because of lack
Now; Mr.. Voter, my opponent, Mr.. MeElvain has beer
giby telling you that in the last term of court he lost
but one criminal case out of seventeen which he handled.
Now 1 do not wish to contradict this statement, but 1 am
having printed below a court record, sworn to by the clerk
of the court, in which all the details of these seventeen
Case No. 354. Jack spicer. bootIegging. case dismissed be-
cause prosecuting witness. Joe. Hill, had left state. Defendant
paid 500 to county treasury rather than stand trial.
Case No. 1856 Jack spicer' robbery. Case dismissed for same
reason rs stated in case No. S4.
Case No. $50. Jack spicer, assault and battery. Case dis
missed for same reason a IS in cases Nos, a54 and 1856.
and convicted n sentenced to from 2 to 4 years in the state
Case No. 1858. Katie P4m, bootIeggtng. Case tried with
result of hung jury. Dismissed when defendant paid costs of case
amounting to $63.O5.
Case No. a76. Norman H. Price, grand larceny. Case dis
missed after trial of case No. 4O1.
Case No. S7S. W. S widdous and Ephrian Johnson. boot
Logging. Case dismissed upon payment of $50 in costs.
Cases Nos. $50, a1 and a4, with Carl Buckingham, Earl
prosecuting witnesses, Harry F. steadman and Frank C, Lyden.
could not be subpoenaed to Park county.
Case No. 388. Jack Honsky and w. A. Bacon, bootleggfng.
Dismissed upon the payment of the costs.
Case No. 1913. Walter E. Raymond and Ruth Raymond. boot
Logging. First named party pleaded guilty and served so days in
Jail Case against wife dismissed upon payment of costs and fine
Case No Ss9. Earl Moore, boolegging. Pleaded guilty.
served SO days in Jail and paid $500 fine.
Case No. 4O1. Norman H. Price, grand larceny, Tried and
acquitted. McElvain had associate counsel in Attorney skinner
of Red Lodge to assist him in this case.
Case No. 4O3. Carl Thomson. bootlegging. Dismissed upon
payment of costs amounting to $25.
State IF Wyoming, County of Park, SIS.
1 onna Downing. Clerk oft the District Court of Park County,
Wyoming. do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a full,
true and correct statement of the criminal cases in which Joseph
e. McEIvain made a appearance for the defendants at the No
vember, 1923, term of the District Court of Pork county. wyom-
ing.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my. hand and official
seal at Cody, Wyoming, this 2st day of October, 1924.
(sEAl, Clerk of the District Court.
These are the seventeen cases of which Mr.. McElvain
claims he lost but one. Let us see how they resulted fl
nancialy to the county. The costs of these cases, accord
ng to the clerk of the courts sworn statement, amounted