Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-06-20 | Page 1 | Welling Data Mauled, Aid Says

t I WELLING DA DATA T A MAULED AID AIb SAYS n Jon 1 t Routine of State Office Is Cited l lIn In Ill Smith Case c 4 a S S L' L 1 S t. t t 1 6 1 4 f 7 4 J S 4 7 It W i i l Moroni 1 C. C Iverson Defense Draws Admission o of Looseness in Keeping Records M 7 PAT PATROLMAN R 0 L MAN ON ST STAND STANI AN Witness Witness Says Girls Scattered Papers An n admission that motor vehicle items received at the office of Secretary Secre Scare tar tary of State Milton H. H Welling Wellin were subject to mauling by was was' drawn Wednesday by counsel for Clarence E. E Smith Spanish Fork postmaster and former of Mr Welling charged with embezzling embezzling 1523 in sta state funds The morning session of Mr Smiths Smith's preliminary hearing in city court was marked by apparent continued efforts ef et forts of the defense in cross examination examination examination nation to show other besides be be- besides sides Mr Smith had access to items in n question Cross examination of Moroni Moron C. C Iverson former clerk in Mr Wellings Welling's office brought an admission Wednesday Wednes Wednes' Wednesday day morning that motor vehicle fund items entering the office were subject sub o to mauling by workers a number of items lie He in baskets in the office three o or four days and didn't the items sometimes become separated asked Get George rge F. F Ballif associate defense counsel Sometimes the checks were separated separated separ separ- from the applications Mr Iverson answered They were held together r only by clips the girls in the office some sometimes times maul through them Yes Brown Bag hag Absent The called so-called brown bag that figured prominently in Tuesdays Tuesday's hearing was not referred not referred to Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day morning o ning basket not one of th those se in In the office but one reposing in a hole in the cashiers cashier's cage did figure it customary when money was paid at the counter for it to go directly to the tha cashier Mr Iverson was asked Yes he he replied to the window or the basket Mr Iverson admitted the basket was in a hole in the theca e cage where anyone any Nany one could drop a hand in the basket to drop in checks or receipts He added this backet should not be confused with those out on the table Patrolman Is Witness Were not the truck capacity in increase increase in in- crease fees usually paid on the highways high ways the witness w was s asked Yes It it rare for them to come over the counter They came over the counter when they were picked up in the city Efforts to bring out just how some items were handled in the office occupied oc oc- oc- oc all the tIme lime the former clerk was on the stand continuing testimony testimony testimony mony he began late Tuesday after after- noon The state introduced a record of ot transactions at the Santa Clara road commission station that were com corn piled by Marion Marlon Snow of oC SL St George highway patrolman stationed there who was was va a state te witness Objection Sustained Patrolman Snow testified he was on duty at the station from January to June inclusive in 1933 1033 the period over which a of Mr Wellings Welling's accounts claims truck capacity in in- crease fees were forwarded to Mr Wellings Welling's office but were not remitted remitted remit remit- ted cd to the state slate treasurer Judge W. W Douglas Beatie sustained a defense objection to allowing the patrolman to read from his daily dally journal to refresh his recollections but admitted each item of a truck capacity increase transaction as evi dence The officers officer's testimony consumed the he rest of the morning session with Deputy County Attorney Parnell Black calling upon him to read his entry of ot each remittance in fees as recorded in the