| Show 1 mf Of GRAI Defendant Admits Getting Extra Pay for Extra Work Others Paid Without Work CITY AND COUNTY AFFAIRS Tilt fill gI Between Stanford and Clerk OUT Oer tho Wages of ut it New Clerks Other Notes Ogden Jell Feb 27 Tho taking of or tetI testimony mony mon In the tho cuso can against Councilman William Craig occupied the tho attention of vt Judge Howell and am tho Jury till day ila yesterday The rill testimony given was practically the tho tamo us UK that chen at atthe atthe atthe the trial last week weel eck Several of or the thu councilmen testified to the appropriations tIon made nadu during 1903 1901 1904 and I Oj In III all to ta t l Mr Craig Cral was WIlS put on nfl tho the witness stand to testify in hb hI own behalf lIe He admitted hav has having havIng haslag ing lag received tho money monc as os n extra com corn but claimed that ho served on un tho the board of ot equalization and anil r re ie low and on numerous special commit and believed that ho he with tho the theether other ether members of the thu council was en ell entitled titled tilted to tho money received for ser lIer services vices vires rendered Ho lie niso admitted that some gome of ot the councilmen who hod had not served serre on OIl various boards oarth re received the extra compensation but Jut ex ox those these allowances ns tn being mild because some rno of oC the councilmen had considerable more time iliac than they had been paid for tor nOd they agreed ogree to equal the matter up und and an share shuro alike In the extra pay vay 10 thus giving those who had iad not served the tho same santo pay pa as Oil those who had hadA A number of ot witnesses were vero put on the witness stand and testified to the defendants good character The Tho further hearing of the case wa continued until tint Wednesday morning us as Judge howell had to go to to hold court today When Craig was uS on the stand he ho was WOR risked asked by why he had appropriated the tho money to himself when ho lie knew that tho statutes prohibited such Buch action Craig said that he lie could not answer the question but he hs put all an another other question to Mr Kimball Why did we have havo u n city attorney to whom wo we pay PO 1500 a year who could not and ana dill did ii not riot tell us that wo we did dill not have havo the tho authority Kimball replied I r dont know neither do I know why h the city attorney ney nay received 25 2 a n month for tor clerk hire When Judge Dagley was on the tho stand Mr Kimball risked naked him If It ho he hind had given a II legal opinion to certain councilmen on tho the street as All to the le he legality of ot the appropriation Hagley Bagley replied No It was WIlS not flot a legal opinion ion loll IonI I Kimball back nt ot him and asked 0 11 1 Wa It nn an illegal opinion could not answer the tho latter |
