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Show GEORGE C BATES. What He Says About lite Tribune Tri-bune Libel on Uim, aud his Livoreo Business. Tho following affidavit, which roachod the Herald office by mail last night, explains itself, and is a complete refutation of the libelous charges made against Judge Bates in a recont issue of the Tribune: Wyoming Terhitorv, 1 Sweet Water County. J George C. Bates, being duly sworn, saitb: That he never, at any time, directly or indiroctly, issued any circulars in his own name or that of George A. Webster, touching the business of divorces in Utah; that be never had but one box in the post-office post-office at Salt Lake, No. 1105, and that while Georce A. Webster was a elerk in his (ueponont's) office, his leltors and those of Mr. George A. Webster came through that box; that he never directly or indirectly had any connection of any name, nature or kiud with said Webster in reler-euce reler-euce to divorce cases, and that he never used Webster's name directly or indirectly in any professional business busi-ness in Utah. Deponent further saith, that the entire article in Tuesday's Tribune is libolous and false. That the citation against doponen t to appear and ahow cause why he should not be disbarred waa only issued on Friday, the 25th of May, 1877, and served on Saturday, the, 20th of May, about noon, although 1 deponent bad been in Salt Lake all1 the week from Saturday, the 19lh of May, and the Herald had announced that he would leavo the territory; finally, deponent further aaith, that tiie complaint on which such citation was iasued, was entirely different from the one filed in April, during his absence ab-sence at Washington, and based upon diflerout charges. Deponent further saith that on Saturday, the 20th of May, he was all day and evening in his office until 9 p.m., when he went to bed; that he owed not one penny for board, and had $2,200 cash means to pay all his debts, which did not amount to more than one-quarter that sum, and that he never, during his Bix years' residence in Utah had the one-half of forty divorce cases all told, and never bad but one outside of Salt Lake county, and that he never obtained a divorce except in strict compliance with the very letter ol tbe statutes and the decision of the supreme court of the United States affirming such divorces; that Webster left deponent's office in February, 1877. Geo. C. Bites. Sivorn to this 31st of May, 1877. S. I. Field, U. S. Commissioner, |