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Show him battle ACCESS TO "RECORDS- Atty. General Shields Is Called as Witness in the Bransford Will Case; Other Testimony A SPIRITED legal bate took' place in Judge JIarold M. Stephens' division of the Third djstriet eourt today during the Holm'es-Bransford will suit trial when counsel for the defense sought to have reputed records of Rowland Hall admitted ss evidence, with the result that they were not admitted. The suit has been brought by Mr. Husan Bransford Kmerv Holmes to recover one-half of, an IROn.OO estate willed to her nephew, Wallace Rrsns-ford, Rrsns-ford, by his wife, Mrs. Grace, Kmerv Bransford. the adopted daughter of the plaintiff. Miss Jean Hampton, for many years a tescher at Rowland Hall, was asked to identify the handwriting of Miss Clara Col bourne, principal of Rowland Hall, tn records reputed to be those kept of the school work during the time that Miss Grace Kmery waa a pupil at the school, although Miss Hampton was not employed at the school until several years after. QUESTIONS RAISED. The records were taken from Row- j land Hall, according to the testimony of the witness, last July, and have since been In the hands of Mrs. Levlsj Evans, only sister of the defendant.! Miss Col bourne had no access to the records at the time her deposition was taken, although she waa examined exam-ined and later cross examined by counsel for the defense, who knew what the records contained, according to the testimony brought out. , The witness admitted under cross examination that the records she had aworn to aa being made by Miss Col bourne were not all In the aame handwriting, and admitted that she had only glanced at them. Judge Stephens ruled that the testimony testi-mony of the witness had brought out no evidence to show that she saw the records at the time they were maoe; that there waa no circumstantial guarantee guar-antee of the personal knowledge of the entrant making the records. Judge Stephens sustained the objection. SHIELDS TESTIFIES. Attorney General Dan R Shields was called by the defense ana identified the signature of Belle Sharp, a teacher at the public school In Park City, and that of William Mlttleton, principal at the time Miss Grace Emery Is said to have attended school tnere. Mr. Shields was formerly a resident of that town, he -stated. Mrs. Ann Cross, housekeeper for Mr. snd M rs. Wal Is re Bransford. at 1 7 East Houth Temple street, from September Sep-tember to. Jill, until early In 1U, related rhe had never heard a disagreement dis-agreement between her employers Contlnnettnn PJ1 iL. ACCESS TO RECORDS iContlnuad from pat l. while ahe worked for them, nor had ahe heard them dlaeua Mra. Holmea. Hhe testified that Mra. Bransford told her that ah waa clad to know that ah was an adopted dauthtar, because be-cause It teve her a better unaerstanB-Inc unaerstanB-Inc In retard to her mother and all ahe had don for her. STOCK TO BI SOLO. Hhe also told tha witness, th said, that they were (nine to sell thslr Hllver Klnt mining atoek and buy tor-ernment tor-ernment bonda, because they had had so many lawsuits over that atork. The wltneaa told of Mrs. Brans-fords Brans-fords domesticity and car for her household, and atated that shs hsrself hsd mads the curtains for thslr apartment apart-ment at th Bransford. Mrs. Brans-ford Brans-ford waa alwaya wall although not showily dressed, and refused to wear Jewels when having a photo taken. An unique feature of yestsrday afternoon's- aeaalon waa the fact that Judge W. H. Dickson and A. C. Kills, both of the counsel for the plaintiff, were called aa wltneaaea to refute the testimony offered by the defendsnt that Mra. Bransford had been taken i to their offices by Mr. Holmes aa soon aa aha became heir to the larte fortune, for the purpose of havlnt Mra Holmee appointed truatee for the eels ee-ls e. Both wltneeses denied ever having hav-ing aeen Mies Rmery In their office for any euch purpose. |