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Scope and Content Note

This series documents the Attorney General's investigation into the State Bank of  Binghamton  and financial affairs of the City of  Binghamton , and subsequent prosecutions, convictions, and appeals. Special investigations and prosecutions were conducted by the Attorney General's Office upon orders of the Governor, which superseded investigations conducted by local officials.

Most of the records concern the Attorney General's investigations and resulting prosecutions in the following cases: People vs. Andrew J. Horvatt and others, People vs. Thomas J. Mangan and others, People vs. Joseph Hidek and others, and People vs. Directors of the State Bank of  Binghamton . (Horvatt was the bank's president; other defendants were officers and/or directors of the bank.) Records for those interrelated cases include the following categories of documents: evidence (transcripts and photographs), typewritten transcripts of witness examinations during the pre-trial investigations, bank examination reports, stenographer's shorthand notes and typewritten transcripts of grand jury proceedings, numerous sealed and a few unsealed indictments, attorney work product in preparation for trials, and filings with the trial court. The court was an extraordinary special and trial term of the Supreme Court, Broome County, appointed by the governor. For some of the cases there are also printed records and briefs submitted in appeals to the Supreme Court, Appellate Division (Third Department) and the Court of Appeals.

Other documents in the series concern investigations by the Attorney General and the State Comptroller into the financial affairs of the City of  Binghamton  and alleged unlawful actions of the former City Comptroller, Harry Evens, and employees in his office. Unpublished materials include typewritten transcripts of examinations of witnesses and a State Comptroller's report on the financial condition of the City of  Binghamton . Related published materials include annual reports of the City of  Binghamton  and the City of  Binghamton  Comptroller's Office.