Show AN OUTRAGE A STRIKING caw case of persecution se has occurred at ogden an account of it from the standard appears in this issue mrs ars hendrickson dr of cache co was before the grand jury as a witness the case of her husband was under investigation vesti gation she declined to testify against him on the ground that she wan wad the legal wife of the person whose cue was being considered she was token taken before judge henderson who aho instead of protecting the in her specific legal rights defined by law sent her to the penitentiary tent iary for persisting in her refusal reaps 1 I the same statute under which She prosecution was being conducted the edmunds tucker law defines the rights of the wife of the accused under the circumstances this clause is in the first section which is fig as follows I 1 that in any p proceeding roleem og or examination before a gra grandeury grand n d iury ma a judge adjudge justice or a uni tod states commissioner or a court in any prosecution for bigamy polygamy nor or unlawful cohabitation under any statute of the united states the lawful husband or wile wife of the person accused shall Ahall be a competent witness and ms may r be called cal leit not be competed competed comp eVed to team testify fy in such proceeding examination 0 or r prosecution without the consent of the husband or wife as may be and a such witness shall not be permitted it to testify as to any statement or communication made by either husband or wife to each other during the exist existence enoe of the marriage relation deemed confidential at common jaw it is to be hoped that mrs mis hendrickson dr will not net submit to this illegal judicial coercion and that steps will at once bev be instituted to insure her the protection of the law which colgrass Con grass has thrown around her in her relation of wife her treatment is not only a judicial outrage it is A blot upon civilization |