Show JURY JUR fX EXCUSED IN I SIN lAIR Court Hears Defense Testimony Testimony Tes- Tes to Decide on Its Admissibility y r WASHINGTON March 10 A AThe AP The The contempt trial ot of Harry Haly F. F SinclaIr moved d haltingly through a forenoon session full of extraordinarY narY fe features tures today today and th then n adjourned adjourned ad- ad until Monday Deciding that he wanted to hear the defense testimony himself before be b fore he decided whether It was ad- ad before the jury Justice I lutz sent the jurymen home early and then ordered the trial to gO I on The first and only witness to I b b. b called w was s Martin W. W V. V Littleton Si chief counsel who ho upset the usual courtroom picture by bym I m ving from the attorneys attorneys' s table irto the witness chair and submitting submit submit- ting docilely to the questioning of his collea ues Li that Sinclair I was acting on his advice as counsel coun- coun sel when he refused before the senate sen- sen ate ate oil committee to answer the I questions about Teapot Dome that became the basis f the present contempt charge PrevIously the defense had sought to get before the jury Sinclair's testimony before the senate investigators gators prIor to his final refusal to answer The defense attorneys argued that this evidence was pertinent pertinent perti- perti nent In that it would show the oil magnate had previously answered all the questions asked and left Unanswered un- un answered on the final da day But Justice lUtz excusing the jur jury said he wanted mOre light on that subject sub sub- I je t and would hear what else the to offer before he decided decided de- de what sho ld go before the jurymen |