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Show REmESMADE All Disclaim Intention of Defying Order of Federal Fed-eral Court Contempt proceedings against Krne.st R and Ronald Woolley for their alleged fal'pre to produce hooks , of the Woolley Land & Livestock company com-pany before the United States referee m bankruptcy, wore opened again hi the I'nlted States district court here this morning after a continuance since Thursday. The case is being heard before Judge Tillman D. Johnson. Arthur Wooiley Ogden attorney, en-tered en-tered his appearance as counsel for H3rn isl Woolley and exhibited telegrams tele-grams sent by his client two days ago to Los Angeles urging Ronald R Woolley, H 9, Woolley and Kennem Woolley. officers of the livestock company, com-pany, to produce the books In court explaining that he was liable to contempt con-tempt of court If he records were not produced. Ronald R Woolley replied In substance sub-stance that he had never "TJlen served with any court order or process to produce any books or to appear personally per-sonally before tr rofereo In bank-duptcy, bank-duptcy, lie explained that he took the hooks to Ixs Anpoles, that he had never nev-er disobeyed any 'tour! order and that he stood ready to obey any proc f the rourt OFTICERS RIJ'LY. H S U'oolley and Kenneth Wool-ley, Wool-ley, officers ot th. livestock company, answered telegrams sent by E. R. Woolley urging Hum to produce th-j records in which they stated In substance sub-stance that the hooks were In LOS A.ng les and that as EJ. R OOlley v. u not an officer of the company th. y could not deliver tho books to hnii" or anv other outsider. Arthur Woolley then placed E. R Woolley upon the witness stand for direct examination. Under question-ling question-ling E. R. Woolley .s;,, thai he own d ! no Stock in the Woolley and & Live I slock company, was not an Officer and I had no hooks In his possession I He also said he had no books of I the Utah Investment companv. the 'Great Basin Su.r companv. or th ! alley Livestock .compa nv nnd was not an officer of these companies Wei said he might havi some books of the Corrella Land . LivestdCk company in his Salt Lake oftee. CASE is LENGTHY. m E. Wilson, an attorney for H R MacMlllan of S.'t La t! the books were taken from the state The present case grew out of the BUI of the Qreat Basin Suar company against tho Woolley Ind & Live" Stock company in which judgment was : f v" ffo;u M1.000. Mr. MacMlllan bought the judgment following the close of the ease in Salt Lake I Mr oolley was at M 1 upon the witness wit-ness stand shortly before ,0.011 it wa- Indicated V that time t1;l, hours would be consume, 1 before the moLer was submitted to the court |