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Show PRONOUNCES AFFIDAVIT TISSOE OF FALSEHOODS Juror Hancock Very Positive Regarding Sworn Statement of Fred Dalton. Special to Tlie Tribune. OGDEN. March 4 The desperate efforts of the defense In the cases where live of the Councllmcn of Ogden are charged with the illegal appropriation of city moneys, and in which one of them wns convicted and deprived of his office under the charge, have become such that ulterior ul-terior methods have been resorted to in order to defeat tho ends of Justice. It will be remembered that In the court on Friday the defense offered two aftl-davits aftl-davits which were put in in support of a motion to arrest Judgment in the Chambers Cham-bers caso, one signed by Isaac Flinders charging Juror James F. Crosble with prejudice, and tho other signed bv Frol Dalton, charging Juror W. J. Hancock who was foreman of the Chambers Jury! with prejudice, Hnncock Pronounces It False. Mr. Hancock stated today that Mr. Dal ton a anidavlt '.s a tlssuo of falsehoods. Ho denies that he had any such conversation conversa-tion with Dalton as uinant relates, and further declares that he has had no conversation con-versation with Dalton since June "1 in when Dalton camo to his houso on u. purely pure-ly business matter which Mr. Hancock declined de-clined to agree to, Flinders's Affidavit. The affidavit of l8aac Flinders seems to be equally defective. Mr. Flinders serins to have stated something that Is not true accord ng to Mr Crosblo. the Juror against whom he charges prejudice Flinders is the father-in-law of ex-Police Ofllcer Vance, who wns recently dismissed from the force by Dr. Conroy. Undi-r oath Flinders stated that Ciosblo had shown his prejudice by denouncing the administration for discharging Vance Whnt Crosbie Says. Crosble now comes and mates that he mot Flinders on the street after he (Crosble) (Cros-ble) had neen selected as a Juror and that Flinders himself spoke of the outrage of firing Vance from 'the force Also that Flinders, knowing that Crosble was a Juror, talked with him about the trial and tried to prejudice him In favor of Chambers. Cham-bers. Ho followed Crosble into his shop and there reiterated that It would be u d U shame to convict Chamburs. Crosbie Explains. Crosble explained to Flinders that ho must not talk to him In that manner, that as a Juror he had been Instructed by the court not to discuss the caso with any person and to refrain from talking about It, but Flinders persisted. |