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Show The So-Called Defense of County Attorney Kelly The Illiigham Bulletin, when it called attention to the publicity spread by County Attorney Wallace R. Kelly, parading Iiingbam as a terrible example of lawlessness as regards the lMth Amendment,' had in mind that the conditions existing in Bingham were no worse tli an In Salt Juke and objected to the publicity that was being Kiven Iiingitam while offenders in Salt Lake were let off with lesser penalties. , County Attorney Kelly takes the position that, "the King can do no wrong" but it would be well for him to bear in nilnd that the taxpayers consider that the acts of a public official are open to -criticism and it is folly for County Attorney Kelly to be so thin-skinned. thin-skinned. He makes a point that the penalties In the cases of "manu- . lacture" and in cases of "possession" are the same or similar. Naturally, our reader would like to know if the penalties are the same in the case of these two charges why he has so often changed the "manufacture" cases to that of "possession." What is the answer? It is reported that where offenders were caught 'Kitting by the still and it fri operation, the charge was reduced to possession. posses-sion. Our readers can judge for themselves. - County Attorney Kelly is reported as saying that "our criticism is bora of politics." This would seem to corns in very bad taste for the reason that the owner of this paper was one of Mr. Kelly's supporters sup-porters in the recent election and it is too far fetched for County Attorney Kelly to bring, tn the suggestion of politics into his so-called so-called defense at this time. There is no need for Sir. Kelly to wait for the truth to leak out for it has already leaked out to an extent that many a public official would not consider creditable. Mr. Kelly is reported as stating that he will enforce the law "to the best of his ability." This is all that the voters have any right to expect and we are sure it is all that our readers hope to receive. The future conduct of Mr. Kelly's office is in his hands and we believe that the intelligence of the voters can be trusted so that when the time comes, and they have an opportunity to pass, Judgment on the record of Mr. Kelly's office, that will be done. |