Show AIA IN beloff made in the hague anse the defense in the alma hana case was brief and finished yesterday afternoon the arguments are being made today john R was the first witness he had handled a great deal of business busi nesa alma hagues handwriting in his opinion the in question were not signed in defendants on cross examination ho baij be did not know defendants disguised band writing J B milner aard the signatures did not agree with the body of the notes or with credit slips on cross examination he aard it coald not say that the signatures wore net handwriting H S martin cashier of swasey martins bank provo had done business with alma hague through the bank he knew mr hagues handwriting and did not believe the signatures were in bia handwriting he said en cross examination that be did know alma gagnea handwriting ii attempted to be george formerly bookkeeper in the first national bank of brovo said the signatures were not the same handwriting aa the bodies of the notes he coald not say as to a disguised hand during the last two years ho had worked two months be said on cross examination joane booth did not be signatures were handwriting neither did the signatures eig natures agree with the body of the notes he could not say aa to disguised handwriting on redirect re direct he said that the reputation of defendant for honesty and integ arity was always good to jan alb 1894 H F know alma hague for thirty yeara and defense wanted to go into the general life of defendant showing the offices he bad held but the court held it improper witness bad many business dealings with defendant and always found defendants reputation good for honesty and integrity that was the defendants defend anta char actor in the community where he re bides john C graham had known celend ant for about twenty years he was acquainted in nephi and provo where defendant was known mr hague prior to jan bore a bood reputation in the community john B milner gave similar testimony mr reputation for honesty and integrity waa good prior to the present bases rases against him charlea ead defendants reputation for honesty and integrity was good george 0 whitmore said that since being on the stand before he bad dia covered some debit and credit clips bearing on the transaction in dispute these ships were offered in evidence the coart ruled the elipa out of order they were shown to be correct entries an exception was taken geo H chappell Gh appell probate judge of juab county said defendants defend anto general reputation in nephi waa good prior to bank trouble adelbert said defendants TO for honest and integrity int erity was good J H knavss said that under the system of bookkeeping book keeping used in the bank the original entries were from debit and credit clips three slips of of oct 2 were offered in evidence on cross examination hf said he knew nothing of the correctness of the slips the slips were objected to and ruled out of order the defense then rested judge mershal addressed the jury first for the prosecuting and arthur brown for the defence mr brown was speaking as we went to press AN benj aman ralphs was arraigned at noon on an indictment charging him with the crime of adultery with misa eteoe duke of american fork he plead not guilty and his bonds were placed at |