Show ATTORNEY ATTORN Y DENIES CHARGE Says He Did Not Advise Hobens Accuser to lie About Her Age AgeA A B Edler testified yesterday at atthe atthe atthe the trial of Martin Hoben that he did not advise Ute the complaining witness Edna Thomas to state that she was wasa a year ear younger than she really is in order that Hoben might be convicted more easily of or a statutory offense The girl testified yesterday esterday that at atthe atthe atthe the preliminary hearing she testified that she was born November 21 1888 while as a matter of fact she was born November 21 1857 She claimed that Edler Edier who had been retained ret by certain people in Bingham interested In n the prosecution advised her to lie He concerning her age as the crime is said to have h e been committed April 1 1906 1905 and if she was born in 1888 she would have been under the age of oC con consent consent consent sent at the tIme and therefore the maximum penalty would be bo five ive years ears earsIn in the penitentiary The state after this admission tried to prove that Hoben also committed an offense against the girl on or about November 1 1905 just previous to her eighteenth birthday In order to disprove this the defense de put on a number of witnesses yesterday yes yesterday yesterday The case will probably go g to the jury jun Monday aa as the defense nearly concluded C O its introduction of 01 evidence yesterday Mr Edler last evening save gave out the following statement I The newspapers In report of the testimony In the case of the tho State Stat of Utah vs Hoben Hoben contain the statement of ot the complaining ining witness to o the effect that I as counsel ad advised advised advised her to date back the charge against the defendant in order that the th charge against the defendant might be b felony instead of oC a misdemeanor misdemeanor misdemeanOr meanor It would be improper for me to state conversations which I have bave had with a client cHent but the error sufficiently sufficiently sufficiently appears from the fact that I Iwas Iwas Iwas was not consulted with regard to the case and knew nothing whatever about the offense until after the last complaint com complaint complaint plaint containing the allegation that thai she was under the thc age of consent had been filed |