Show 1 STANFORD ASKS S r FOR PROTECTION County Commissioner on Wit Witness WItness Vit 1 ness Stand Fears to In Incriminate Incriminate Incriminate criminate Himself Him elf elfr S r S Most remarkable were the admissions of Chairman Joseph Stanford of the board Of or county commissioners when placed on l the thO witness stand yesterday esterday morning in inthe inthe inthe the case cas of or J D Skeen against County Count Attorney E T r The rhe county count at attorney b torney is charged by Skeen with neglect ct Po of duty and his removal from office Is asked for Lor on this ground The allegations charge the county attorney with neglect neglecting neglecting neglectIng ing to prevent the allowance of illegal claims presented by b Chairman Stanford and since the accusation has been be n filed against Skeen has filed tiled an action against Stanford seeking to have hae liim bIm thrown out of office for presenting is A and collecting illegal fees from the coun county count cOunty ty t eo Stanford was placed on the stand by b the prosecution yesterday The first t ques question lion tion asked him was whether or OJ o not the county attorney had brought suit stilt against him hini for the recovery of the tJI paid him for lor or the legislative committee appoint appointed ed cd by b the The witness be became became came caine flustered at once and appealed to toj k fc 1 the court for protection The court ruled Y k that Stanford must answer the question and witness said no to the question A similar question was asked him on another S er charge and und he again demanded protection protection tion from froni the court and said he lie would insist upon his rights upon the ground that he might Incriminate himself The court made the same ruling and the tIle ques ClUBS question question tion was answered in the negative Then rhen k Mr Kimball counsel for the plaintiff N asked the tho witness Where in Ogden S City do you live Jive Mr Stanford The witness for the third time appealed to t tile HIP court and insisted upon being rep represented L resented by counsel so that his rights j c I might not be interfered with and In order that he lie would not Incriminate himself j It developed dey that Attorney C R B Hol Hot was his counsel and that Hol Ho HoI I fJ was in Salt Lake After con considerable Jr argument on the point of in incriminating Incriminating incriminating criminating testimony Judge J A Howell ordered that the case be continue until this morning in order that Stanford might S be e represented by bj counsel The question Where In Ogden City do you live Mr Stanford remained unanswered The case against Stanford brought by b Skeen was made returnable by Judge Howell for today todar It is expected that the thep p case will ivill be continued for some reason U although in the face ric of the recent opinion opinionS S of the supreme court ourt in the cases it Is not expected that there will be bo much of a fight J bt made madl |