Thursday, March 11, 2010
Former Clay Co. Judge Takes The Stand
KENTUCKY....
Former Clay County Circuit Judge 66 year old R. Cletus Maricle took the witness stand in his own defense Thursday, while admitting he bought votes in Clay County more than 20 years ago, but, while disputing details of earlier testimony, flatly denied taking part in more recent vote-fraud conspiracies. Maricle, who was circuit judge for Clay, Jackson and Leslie counties from September 1990 to June 2007, said he bought votes in a 1983 election for circuit judge while he was a lawyer in Manchester. He testified former GOP election commissioner Kenneth Day was right about him buying votes in 1983 but denied he double-crossed a candidate in 1985, or helping fix a jury verdict in a 1990 civil lawsuit and also said he did not promise to get Wanda White a job in return for helping rig an election in 2006. Maricle denied being involved in buying votes in elections in 2002, 2004 and 2006... the years he allegedly headed the scheme to corrupt elections.
Former Clay County Circuit Judge 66 year old R. Cletus Maricle took the witness stand in his own defense Thursday, while admitting he bought votes in Clay County more than 20 years ago, but, while disputing details of earlier testimony, flatly denied taking part in more recent vote-fraud conspiracies. Maricle, who was circuit judge for Clay, Jackson and Leslie counties from September 1990 to June 2007, said he bought votes in a 1983 election for circuit judge while he was a lawyer in Manchester. He testified former GOP election commissioner Kenneth Day was right about him buying votes in 1983 but denied he double-crossed a candidate in 1985, or helping fix a jury verdict in a 1990 civil lawsuit and also said he did not promise to get Wanda White a job in return for helping rig an election in 2006. Maricle denied being involved in buying votes in elections in 2002, 2004 and 2006... the years he allegedly headed the scheme to corrupt elections.
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