Show BRA DRAWN AGAINST I Malfe Malfeasance ance Defrauding di g Laid to o Keddington b by bJones Jones janes' janes NAMES NAMES' I INSTANCES T I Specific if Accounts t Named it in j Bill i t. t S. S The Th lamn amended fed complaint charging City City Auditor udit r AI Alvin tn Keddington e i on with with malfeasance in n office conspiracy to o defraud the l city ity ty and arid conspiracy toc to c conceal the shortage shortage w was submitted ted to to d defense f e. e counse counsel Saturday at night t ty by y A torney Shirley p P. P Jones The r rewritten complaint makes substantially the jame same ge general eral al allegations al- al legations as s t tile the e original but hut specific ape ape- d dates tei and nd amounts of numerous numer o ous s alleged in the treasurers treasurer's office are now set forth in the a accusation It has been these ape specific figures which the prosecution tion h has s been unable to get into the records as evidence during the first f five ve da days s of the tl ouster tr trial at PRIVILEGED TO OBJECT f fUnder Under the c court urt ruling made when J. J Jonea Joncs yas Y was l granted gr n cd p permission zion sion to prepare he he amended ac accusation ac ac- J defense cou counsel ou s l' l has the privilege of r. r objecting cUng t to the filing o of then w- w complaint x trial la r 11 t Tuesday m morning I The first arc un lx J T i n a ged T both both o v tl i e x rJ J a and anu amended complaints s. s charging the city auditor with malfeasance sance in office by knowingly accepting and converting o v rUng t to his Ide own o us use of the city's money from Max M. M e Bea Beaver Beave These counts are all based on on the cel celebrated and OO pink Starting With paragraph seven the accusation Uon has been c number counts counts' ly rewritten The Th of has lias ben been reduced and the remaining remain remain- l ing g ones are re set forth In in specific detail as to to amo amounts nt and dates of f alleged d Irr Irregularities i. i REFERS TO I I. I 0 O. U U. U Paragraph seven even lIn links up th the J I. I 0 O. O U U. UJ with the conspiracy cy count while the next nex paragraph charges th the thO defendant with con conspiring coaT coaT- with Beaver r to conceal the thel shortage This latter count nt Is Is' based on the a tempted attempted withdrawal of ot an 96 check from the Na Na- tl cover a shortage shortage short short- age ge geIn In the special l acco account nt In Inthe the Continental National bank I Keddington It It is alleged d aided Beaver In this this' attempted check i kiting C at t the time that the th purpOse purpose of ot the transaction was was' to to conceal th the shortage The remaining counts charge the city ity aud auditor t r with making na l t J false lse fi financial U- U I reports for tor the years 1925 I 1926 1927 1921 and 1928 the tho same as asin asIn I In the tho original But Butin In thoi the amended amend amerI- ed d complaint th the prosecution UtiOn has Written in dates i and amo amounts which th tho treasurer allegedly w withheld c c. from entry According to the complaint many thousands thousands' of ot of dollars s In an special Improvement Im Jm- provement f fund fOnd nd receipts ce and tax receipts from froni the county treasurer were er withheld o oit spine ame o occasions for tor as l long ng as as sev several months I Keddington It is Is' alleged knew v of ot situation or or would have discovered dis covered it had he performed hi his duties as prescribed d by law Jaw Reports that Attorney E E. A. A Rogers former district attorney of oft t the le Third Judicial wo would Jd be associated with the prosecution dur during ing the remainder of the trial were ore denied Attorney Attorney At At- Attorney At- At Saturday by bi City torney Shirley P P. Jones |