Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-01-28 | Page 14 | Proposed Laws Are Approved by Solons

PROPOSED lA LAWS WS ARE RE APPROVED BY SOLONS SOLO NB Favorable action was taken on three house bills at a meeting of the thc Judiciary committee of 0 the hou house c this morning Tho Tue first bill to receive tho the stamp of ot approval approval ap ap- ap- ap proal of ot the committee was that Introduced Intro Intro- 1 by Emil Emli S. S Lund known as the public fellow rellow servants ser net act If this bill becomes n a law arresting officers and their superiors are placed on an equal basis In felony cases When hen a person Is arrested on a felony charge the arrestIng arresting arrestIng arrest- arrest Ing officer can cause i a complaint t to be ie Issued If tho the chief chic of ot police or other su superior su- su officer declines to prosecute At t Atthe Atthe th the h present time It Is discretionary with the superior officer r wh whether th r a complaint is or Is not flied filed The committee decided to recommend 1 tho ho passage of or the this bill without changes Radical Change Proposed Tho The committee took favorable ta action also on house bill No 2 23 i b by George F. F Goo Goodwin amending tho the State laws O the competency of ot husband and wife wite to tc testify against t each other The thc Goodwin bill makes It possible for tor the husband or wife to testify against her mate on matters which transpired prior to their marriage Under laws now In force torce hc they cannot testify a against f each ch other tinder under these circumstances The This proposed law la also makes It possible for tor tho the wife to testify against the husband In pandering or abandonment cases House bill No 26 6 26 also b by Goodwin re received received reo- reo I favorable action In the commit commit- tee The bill revises the state laws commit I re relating re- re lating hating to admission of or communications In iii evidence The proposed law prevents attorneys at attorneys at- at from being examined as to communications communications com corn between themselves an and clients and prevents physicians from testifying In civil suits suite without the tho consent of or their patients Nor can a public of or- or firer Cicer testify concerning communications given en in confidence If It the public would suffer Bufter