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WHEREAS, Jesse A. Knabb, was regularly elected and
qualified as Mayor of the City of Bremerton, and thereafter,to -wit,
on the 17th day of November,1938, was convicted by a jury in the
Superior Court of Kitsap County, Washington, of the crime of
conspiring to establish and operate gambling games in the City of
Bremerton, and was thereafter, to -wit, on the 12th day of December,
1938, sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for a term of
twelve months and to pay a fine in the sum of $1000.00, and
WHEREAS, the Prosecuting attorney of Kitsap County
thereafter, on December 9,1938, filed an information in the nature
of quo warranto in the Superior Court for Kitsap County and a
judgment was entered to the effect that the office of said Jesse
A.Knabb, as Mayor of the City of Bremerton, had been vacated and
forfeited by the said Jesse A. Knabb, on account of his conviction
of the said crime, but which judgment also recited that the said
judgment of ouster would be superseded upon the filing of an appeal
bond pending the review of the decision of the court by a writ of
certiorari, and
WHEREAS, the Supreme Court of the State of Washington has
filed its opinion, in cause #27452, confirming the decision of the
Kitsap County Superior Court, and reciting:
"We conclude that the relator was convicted of a crime
which constituted a violation of his official oath and
a malfeasance in office, and therefore the judgment of
ouster was entirely proper. The judgment is affirmed,"
and has also filed its opinion affirming the judgment of said
court convicting and sentencing said Knabb, and
WHEREAS, the official bond of said Jesse A.Knabb, on
which the Globe Indemnity Company was surety, was cancelled on the
17th day of Tanuary,1939, pursuant to statutory provisions and no
new bond was filed by the said Knabb, or approved by the court
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prior to such cancellation,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission
of the City of Bremerton, that the office of Mayor of the
City of Bremerton is, and is hereby declared to be, vacant.
PASSED by the City Commission of the City of Bremerton,
signed by two of the three City Commissiore rs, and attested by
the City Clerk in authentication of such passage, this io;� day of
May, 1939.
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