| Show A LEGAL negal PRIVILEGE SURELY never were tactics more d disgraceful is resorted to jojn in the manipulation of legal affairs than in the present anti mormon crusade subpoenaed Subpoena es are being issued by wholesale requiring in persons to appear as witnesses before the grand jur jury and probably the larger proportion of those summoned I 1 are members of the families of those men whose conduct is placed under investigation the extensive summoning process might 11 be passed over without adverse comment notwithstanding the fact that among the persons ns serve served d with process are the ie degal legal gal gai wives and land little oft of those h 0 whose doings are in quiren into little olie orie suot snot older than years arg are aro required to testify against dinst their fat fathers hers herg and from the moment some of them are appear before the inquisitorial body they are with a fearful terror lest they be required to say or do any bint bins that would send their fathers to he penitentiary in one instance which has come under our observation a little chap was thrown into a distressing sinz state of excitement and refused to be comforted B but tit lit this Is not the part of the family disrupting process that we desire to particularly dwell upon now cruel as it is the legal wives of those whose marital relations are place placed dunder under the inquisitorial process are taken before grand jury juis so we have been reliably informed and after they bave have protested against testify testifying in on the lie lle ground of legal privilege th the investigation has been continued and questions blied plied piled and tho person who is lebarre d from being a witness against ler ier hu husband band and cannot be compelled to 0 take that position any inore more than she could be ie forced to give testimony against herself subjected to a species of intimidation every woman who Is recognized as a wife under the law should understand her legal privilege in this connection and stand by it any contraposition contra position assumed by united state staler attorney dickson or any other person to the contrary notwithstanding the statute oa this subject is free from ambiguity the provision will be found on page dage cage sog 1 of tha compiled laws of utah ulah U yan ian here liel e it is I 1 1604 1604 1004 SEC A husband shall not be a witness aitu ss for or against his wife nor a wife a wit nessi for or against her hu abaria nor can either durins during the marriage or afterwards cip olp be without the consent of the other examined as us to any communication made by one to the other during the marriage marri aee but vais this exception shall not apply to any action or proceeding by one against the oher ober our advice to ladles ladies to whom this statute applies and who may be sub bub anaed aa as witnesses to testify against their husbands before the grand jury Is ignot not to allow themselves to be robbed of their legal privilege they can in any case where trie husband is the object of pursuit refuse to answer any quello questions asin in connection with the proceedings ro cee ce s andia and if they are badgered baag e X or threatened by the district Ati attorney orney or any other person with an intent to compel cameel them to answer interrogatories let t them em claim the protection of the court before which they should make affidavit in relation to the treatment to which they are subjected pay no attention to any threats of punishment for contempt because of a refusal on their part to answer as ab no court would in the face of the thu statute on the subject inflict any penalty in such a case any legal protection within reach against the present brutal hypocritical and one sided prosecutions should be tenaciously taken advantage of |
