The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-02-24
THE aRANT.P0LLARD TRIAL.
NO JURY YET.
A TALES OF TWO HUNDRED ORDERED.


Yesterday morning the prisoner vas
brought into court few minutes before IL
o'clock. He was driven from the jail to
the City Hall in carriage sent for the pur-
pose by, friend. He looked at first rather
more downcast than on the previous day,
and complained to inquiring friends of
passing the night unpleasantly 6 Seating
himself in the usual place, he was soon
absorbed in the perusai Of letter, which
seemed to restore him to his Wonted good
spirits. ...
Colonel Marnaduke Johnson, one of the
counsel for the accused, appeared and took
o seat with his associates. He explained to
the court that he had been unavoidably ab-
sent from the city on the first days Of the
trial.
The witnesses for the Commonwealth
having been called, and all but four found
present, the Sergeant proceeded to call the
names of the taleSmen.
To the question, Have you formed or
expressed any opinion as to the guilt or
innocence Of the accused ?" the following
gentlemen successfully answered in the af-
frmative, and were therefore excused by
the court N. M. Lee, s. NJ. Rosenbaum,
B. W. Saunders, s. h. Hawes, H. W. Fry,
Jr., John ". Clarke, John Tietjen, John
L. Cox, John Harold, J. Thompson Brown,
D. B. Clarke, J. B. Suit, A. L. West, J. N.
Boschen, Isaac Sycles, j. B. Slaughter, E.
B. Breeden, John B.. Butler, R. G. Carr,
Pc. Dupuy, A. Hutzler, Daniel Denoon,
I'll
H. Lefond, P. J. Wright, P. 7. Moore, John
E. Doherty, Joseph P. Swords, R. Wenden-
berg, H. E. G. Baskervill, 81. D. Briggs, L.
H. Blount, R. H. Hudgins, A. NJ. Garnett,
James P. Duval, William J. Anderson, W.
H. Woodward, r. H. Meade, James R.
Branch, R. L. Meredith, E. P. Hudgins, s.
A. Winstock, J. NJ. Baker, R. L. Williams,
W. II. Parker, ". B. Ratcliffe, G. M.
Bosher, J. A. Walker, ]. W. Satterwhite,
J. NJ. Rowe, r. R. Woodson, William Sears
Wood, j. R. Hayes, NJ. segars, Gabriel
Wortham, J. ]. Waggoner, ]. W. Argyle,
John E. Henderson, N. H. Forbes, and E..
G. Goddin.
John Gibson answered in the negative to
the same question; and having no con-
scientious scruples about the death penalty,
was told to take his seat as an accepted
juror.
Charles Lumsden was not sure that he
had formed or expressed decided opinion,
and said that he was not in the habit OF
forming fixed opinions about such serious
matters from newspaper reports.
The court requested Mr.. Lumsden to an
swer the question propounded either atflr-
mativcly or negatively. He then replied
81 have not as to the act"
The Court: What do you mean by the
act
Mr.. Lumsden: The killing. Assuming
that Grant killed Pollard, and l don't know
whether he did or not, think he vas JUS
tifable.
The Court: That, We think, is very de-
cided opinion. You may stand aside.
Colonel Johnson asked that MIR. Lums-
den might be allowed to answer the follow
ing question, which he submitted in Fri-
ting:
Question State whether or not you feel
competent to consider and act in this case
as juror, and decide it according to the
law and the evidence, without being con-
trolled or influenced in your opinion by any
newspaper or other report, or by any opin-
ions or Impressions previously formed.
To this question the talesman replied in
the affirmative.
The Court asked the following question {:
Notwithstanding the opinion you have
formed, can you enter the jury-box and de-
eide the guilt or innocence Of the prisoner
upon the evidence submitted to you, and
upon that alone, unintuenced by the opin-
ion or impression you cay you have
formed
Mr.. Lumsden replied in the affirmative.
In reply 70 questions propounded by Mr..
Gilmer, Mr.. Lumsden said that in ccnver-
sation, when it was said that Grant had
killed Pollard in o cowardly manner, he
had said that if Grant had made up his
mind to kill him the mode Of doing it which
he selected was about rs good as any other.
Several other questions were asked by
opposing counsel, in response to which he
repeated that he never made up his mind
from newspaper reports or from arguments
of counsel, and that he had nothing to do
with the la,o the oath Of juror requiring
him to consider the evidence only.
The Court corrected him on this point,
assuring him that he did have something
to do with the law.
Mr.. Lumsden: No, sir; the clerk will
bear ME out that the oath usually admins
tered to jurors says not word about the
law.
The Court: We know what We say, Mr.
Lumsden.
Mr.. Lumsden: Well, sir, | appeal to the
clerk. Ii the word evidence is i'll the oath
now it must be an exception.
The Court: No, sir; We follow the same
rule in every case.
tent juror. .. .......... .
Colonel Johnson, in few remarks, urged
the acceptance of Mr.. Lumsden as juror,
but he was told to stand aside for the pre-
sent.
The Sergeant then proceeded to call the
tales: J. l.. Otey, j. NJ. Bibb, J. L. Apper,
son, William G. cambridge, George Timber
lake, H. 3. Boudar, J.V. L. McCreary, s.
Jones, Jr., A. II. Gresham, B. Alsop, James
T. Tyree, E. II. Atkinson, ". II. West, E.
Kurd, W. r. Bull, T. B. Habliston, R. E
Macomber, J. s. Duckwall, W. L. Fleming,
Mark Downey, S. NJ. Simpson, l. H. Wake.
A. A. Hutcheson, "A. Lybrock, NJ. Nelson,
J. 8. Robinson, c. Watkins, W. 8. Barrett
D.J. Hartsook, ". A. SPOTS, A. D. Will.
liams, 7. L. D. Walford, ]. D. Browne. AL
answered that they had either formed OF
expressed an opinion in regard to the case
w. G.. Bentley, l. S. Tower, and N. 7
Pate, failing to answer to their names, rules
we're directed to be served upon them.
The tales of one hundred having been
exhausted, Mr. Bundy moved that an addi-
tional tales Of two hundred and fifty mer
be issued returnable this morning at ii
o'clock. He wished to make fair effort tc
exhaust the legal material Of the city be-
fore sending the officers Of the court else
where