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Show SPECIAL GRAND JURYJTOPPEO DENVER, Fob. 28. Judge Carlton Mf Bliss, In tho district court, today announced an-nounced that ho would not call a special grand Jury to Investigate tho charges of bribery brought against Judge Greeley W Whltford by .Mrs. Margaret Miller, n former tonvict In the penitentiary, before the legislative committee that is hearing testimony in impeachment proceedings brought against Judge Whltford. Judge Bliss said a grand jury has ' no legal right to vindicate private character and can be called only for the purpoBo of Inquiring Into crime. The fact that Ihc legislature is now conducting an investigation of the acts of Judge Whltford was also clt- I cd as a reason why a grand Jury probo would not be appropriate at the time. The legislative investigation arises from Judgo Whitford's action last winter In sentencing slxtoen striking coal miners to a year in Jail for con-tompt con-tompt of court in continued assaults upon strike breakers. J |