Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1906 — WALKER IS FOUND GUILTY. [ARTICLE]

WALKER IS FOUND GUILTY.

The trial of W. E. Walker of Wolcott, charged with the larceny of the books and records of that town, which he refused to turn over to his successor as town clerk after the court had decided that the opposition ticket was duly elected there, resulted in a verdict of guilty at Monticello last Friday. The verdict carries with it a penalty of not less than six months nor more than fourteen years in the penitentiary, and was a surprise even to the prosecution, it is said. The case grows out of the election muddle at Wolcott last fall. A motion for a new trial will be heard Friday.