D FOR comm br mrs esther C befits refits to F answer alio cranfi jury puring tho afternoon session of the first district court yesterday the erand jury filed into court having in chabira sirs 13 0 hendrickson of loean assistant U 8 attorney 1 bilea elated ta the eliat she w inked to answer the question did your husband marry any other woman on to the date ol 01 marriage on the ground that she was the begu legu stated eliat inasmuch as ane claimed to be alie legal w lie and had already edom that her husband had no wife living at the time he married her she was the legal wile and under the rulings in the miles case she was a privileged witness v lien in her husband was not compelled to testify the court did not think it came tin il erthe rulings in the miles case and ruled the question to be proper after consulting w ithier attorney mra hendickson retired to the grand jury room but boon returned again in charge of the jury as ehe had again refused to answer the question the court asked mr kimball it her answer was according to his instructions amr kimball stated eliat it she was the egal wife she had a right to refuse ahe grand jury could not examine her on her owr darf that was only within the jurisdiction of alie court the court must first decide mhd question of privilege if she was the legal wife she could not be compelled to answer it not then the question was proper until this point was decided the court could not pun ieh her for contempt she had api pealed to the court from the grand jury TUB court could not say that they should determine her claim 1 mr stated that the only point kaied maeis the question proper mr Kia iball replied it must crat bol whether she is the legal wife or not if she w as a witness in a trial her husband and sh claimed her a die legal wile the petit jury would be sent out while she was sworn or her coir dart that they might not be influenced by eccli testimony as likht be produced what is the difference between fifteen men sitting hero pointing to the grand jury and twelve men there pointing poin to the petit jury host they should be sent ou while ehe is examined by the courland cour tand she should not bo punished for contempt until her claim ia decided enfa vo doraty raty 1 is aut of the power of the court to order her until then and the grand jury cannot ask it here mr lilies arose and in a very inpatient manner said that if every contumacious witness was allowed to set up his or her claim in this way and appeal to the court the whole time of the court would be taken up in determining claims it this is si prop er question and the court has so ruled she should answer she lias refused and should be committed for contempt there DO biao oi trifling with these people but to see that the judgment is carried out intruder for the jury to determine her claim she must answer the question if answered in the the next question would be which of the ceremonies was prior to the other mr kimball reiterated lie had previously and eaid that the argument used by mr niiles namely the consumption of the courts time was simply an unfortunate point in law it could not be changed now the law confers alie privilege and alie witness claims the right of that privilege she has testified that her husband bad no wife living at the time of her marriage with him she is therefore his legal wife and does not appear in contempt the court stated that that was only her she could not know whether her husband lia wife alie only instruction asked by the jury was Is proper abe court ia only to pass the question of competency it la not to determine issues arising in the iuri simply ask her the anes tion in order tode it shu is a privileged witness she refuses to testify giudi dont think ehe can do it asked that question and claims be reduced to writing so that exceptions this was done and mrs penitentiary until time as she expressed awil to answer atie was given in charge of her brother ceorge C bark inson until this morning lien she will leave for bAlt Lake city y hi notice has been of an appeal to the supreme it attempt will be made to hai elier released or wednesday Y M M L if elder wm M balmer president of alie northwestern mission will visit the improvement associations in the weber stake as a missionary and w ill lecture to themas follows f 1 W ta A fit ogden i monday ogden rath ward tuesday jan ogden third ward wednesday t thursday jan at 7 p m nab north ogden sunday jan at 7 p m east plain jan at ftp ro ff tg weber wednesday jan at 7 p m the meetings will be general and all arc invited lie will canvass for alie contributor alie organ of the associations ciati ons during his stay in alio county kow II 11 L A superia tendency first emrict court the following WAI trana acted in the first district court at yesterday jan 1889 joseph the alleged forger who made 20 by pro benting forged ciecka at ah bya aud places of was arraigned on two ann with the crime of for pery lie pleaded guilty to both ami the time for nen tenca was fixed for today the civil case of J W maxfield vs joseph west et al occupied alie attention 0 the court donn the re bainder of the day aug A beenson Bw enson a native ot swollen now a re of weber county was admitted to court adjourned until tody to dy at 10 a m at kamas Oa Jannary ard 3rd lifts S 8 noblitt at kamah by carbolic acid aamir an can be learned domestic troubled lea he causion cau seOn tha day in question she and ler husband quarrelled quarrel led over borne family affair and the poor noman in desperation relief by taking the cobrae ehe dad neighbors wire at called in and they did aliat liat they could to counteract the ot the deadly dang but ehe soon became nn abul died ajia tiye of da via belonged to mhd chorch anjer girlhood bhe leaves a husband and tareo children the oldest eight years of age the j