Show LATEST J NEWS MEWS FROM INTERMOUNTAIN WEST I Wyoming Utah Wyoming Idaho Idaho- Nevada Montana CHINESE OATH GOOD IN COUR Ogden Cele Celestial Tells o Alleged Attempt to Extort Money SAL ALT LAKE Jan The 8 8 The oath oth to Louie Loule Gee Of Ogden Chinese u nas Monday In the United States tate district court by William ton Newton attorney representing r A AT T 1 Hillman and W N Heber Hebel charged with rc representing to Gee that t hat they were government nt officers ors cers and attempting to him out of ot 0 In June because became he heh God Oad to tell h swore hore ore by tho the Christian the truth When hen Gee Geo repeated the oath end end- endIng endIng Ins end Ing So help holp me God Oad tho the In- In Interpreter In repeated It In the sing sing- singsong sing sone song sang Chinese tongue tangue and gave the enlightening Information that tho er had b been en tee e ee Bait aU alt a a minute Mr Newton Ne Bald ahl I want ant to know by what God he bo swears swear It If It Is by an old piece ot of wood his hia oath la Is worth nothing And nd ho Is no more than an Infidel Inti del d 1 In this thle court ANY y OAT OATH rn GOOD Any oath Is good In this court Johnson said but further Que questioning permitted permUted by the court brought only the answer that LOUIe G Gee e swore In ln accordance with Ith his hie belief bellet To make sure that the ness of ot the oath was as ap- ap op ap pr predated the witness was al also o sworn on pain of ot perjury perjur pio- pio a sentence to Leavenworth penitentiary tor for falsehood The trial went forward under many difficulties Gee was not only handicapped by being bellg unable to peak Ln but he h even stuttered stuttered stuttered his Chinese according according- to the tho interpreter ter The witness testified d that after atter the defendants defendant had told him that they sere ere government officers come to arrest arlest him tor for selling dope they demanded Ho lie so In- In In Informed formed his hll landlord Oscar word Wold I and asked him for tor th the mone money lie he said When Void Wold advised ad Gee to togo togo togo I go to the tha police station with the them themen them m men n they thoy a away ay govern govern- government go government ern- ern ment testimony showed sho They were arrested and taken talen to the Weber county jails jail S pry L I The Tho trial was as further I Iby I Iby by an alter altercation between Attorney Newton and George Nadell Nadel Ogden bootblack who testified he ho heard the tho defendants tell Ge Gee they were ere government officers Mr Newton declared d that tho the state would ha hale hae habe e be been n Just as well sell ort oft If Nadell had never moved here That That's all tight Ight th the witness retorted It It would be better off oft It Of you would ItI I The government rested Its Ita case after ler calling as al v Police Sergeant C E Noble Patrolman P J W L Payne agent of th department of ol justice The court denied a motion tor for a a di- di directed directed di directed verdict of ol no nov guilty and the defense will wUl present Its Its lt case to- to today today to today dayGee day Gee was arrested a tow few weeks ao ago In Ogden on a a charge of ot sell sell- sellIng selling sell sell-ing Ing narcotics |