FRANKFORT — The current circuit judge in Clay County put up cash to buy votes for his wife in Manchester city council races, a federal witness testified Monday.

Oscar Gayle House, who was district judge at the time but has since become circuit judge, gave $2,000 in 2002 to buy votes for his wife, Sherry House, Vernon Hacker said.

The judge also gave money to buy votes for his wife in 2004, Hacker said, but he did not specify an amount.