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Show An Unseen Witness. Tho cilmlnnl court at Salzburg, Q or-many, or-many, has been forced to hold a sitting sit-ting In a convent, owing to tho refusal of a nun to glvo ovldonco In public. A woodcuttor In tho sofvlco of tho con-.vent con-.vent on tho Nonnborg wns on his trial i for stealing, and tha c ldcnco of Sis- tetr Coolcstluo, ono of tho nuns, wni matorial. Sho, however, refused to attend tho court on tho ground of her vow, which forbade her to nllow horselt to bo aeon by men. An appeal ap-peal to tho archbishop of Salzburg elicited tho reply that only tho popo himself could release tho sister from hor vows, bo arrangements wero mndo for her to bo examined In tho con-vont. con-vont. Tho Judgo and tho counsel wore accommodated In tho visitors' room, wlillo sister Coelestlno, supported by tho abbess, took hor placo behind a curtain bo that sho would bo heard but not seen. Tho ulster then underwent under-went an examination and cross examination, exam-ination, and on her evidence tho man . . was condemned to two months' Im prisonment. Tho anticlerical papers protested against ovldenco givon In I this way being admissible. |