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Show HEARING OPENS FOR MURDER CASE The question of whether an estranged wife can testify a-gainst a-gainst a defendant was heatedly arguod Wednesday In Salt Lake City at the preliminary hearing of Alex Hurtado, 35, charged with first degree murder of Andy Gallegos, 33. Defense Counsel Allen G. Thurman obtained a recess to find legal authority for his objections ob-jections when J. Richard Mulli-ner, Mulli-ner, prosecutor, called Elsie Hurtado, Hur-tado, 32, to testify. It was found that the state statute says a woman wo-man cannot testify against her husband. Judge Wilford Moyle Burton upheld Mr. Thurman's objections and Mrs. Hurtado was not allowed to testify. Other witnesses included a sister of Mrs. Hurtado, Dora Tostado, and Joe Aquilar, 27, Dr. J. Howard Rasmussen and Justice Jus-tice of Peace F. A. Miller. Hurtado was bound over to the Third district court for triaL |