Volume 7 , Issue 20

July, 1935 News - W. J. Barnett...

Barnett Bound Over For District Court - Alva Review-Courier, July 10, 1935, Oklahoma City - UP - "W. J. Varnett, former state bank commissioner, was bound over today for district court trial on a charge that he embezzled $14,700 from funds of insolvent banks. Peace Justice Evert Crismore ordered him held for trial after considering for three days the evidence offered in a preliminary hearing. Barnett's attorneys said they would soon try to obtain dismissal of the charge through appeal to the district court or the state criminal court of appeals. Their contention will be that information against the former official was insufficient to warrant filing a charge and evidence offered at the hearing failed to strengthen the charge."   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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