The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-26
s T o K e s !.
Not Single Juror Obtained from
Yesterdays Panel.
What Judge Ingraham THnkA
About the Matter. =

The suggestion made in the HERALD OF yesteIax
that possibly not single juryman would be,b1
tanned out OF the further panel ola hundred orded
by the Judge was borne out by the fact. The Cot
yesterday labored absolutely In vain, and af3
four hours spent in the administering OF oaths
the clerk and in the examination by the counseit
the gentlemen subpGnaed, was forced to adlour
without having secured even one additional juror
The roll OF Jurors, therefore, remains exactly the
same as yesterday mornng-ten good and true
men, with couple OF vacant chairs.
II possible the proceedings were even more
drearily tedious than ever. The Judge, the jurorsJ
the counsel, the reporters the victims OF the last
panel and the spectators all looked utterly con-
quered and demoralized by this long strain upon
their patience. Gloomy, too, were the forebodingH
as to the future. At the rate OF nothing day thes
trial may be OF course indefinitely prolonged, and
only here and there could be found some sanguine
believer in good fortune who would venture hope
that tomorrow the ahhor ed vacuumn would be-
probably by a couple of gentlemen whose
names will he called early in the morning.
before every one has had ocular proof OF the ease'
with which they can escape long days-perhaps a
couple OF weeks-of hard work and privation and
anxious responsibility. And certainly the tempta-
ton to slightly stretch one's conscience and affirm
that you have a fixed opinion is singularly great
when the painful realities OF being juryman have
been for an hour or two heforc your eyes. No more
than the unfortunate decemvirate that restlessy
fidget In their appointed seats and sigh for the
"beginning OF the end" They are not by any means
the sort OF ships company that man OF cheerful
disposition, endowed with ordinary respect for his
digestion, would care to JON.
The routine OF examination OF the candidates for
jurors must by this time be familiar TO all. At any
rate 1t seems to be familiar enough to the cand{1
dates themselves. Frequently they anticipate the
questions Of the counsel, and lust as he begins,
"Formed an opinion as to the they break cheertly
In with response eyes, sir, and avery strong one
and 1t would require good al OF evidence to gel
move It," WhereupOn the Judge turns quickly
round, and. with stern ''YOu can go, sir" dis
misses the relieved and happy Juror.
At the close of the panel the Judge said he should
order further panel OF a hundred and fifty instead
OF q hundred heretofore. He would have or
dered larger panel the day before If he had thought
1t would have been exhausted by two O'Clock in the
afternoon but the subp9naing OF jurors entailed
very heavy expense upon the city he had been
anxious not to call more names than could be got
through during one sitting OF the Court.
Mr.. McKeon then began to remark upon the un-
prOductiveness of the panel, when the Judge inter
rupted him by saying that the cause OF it was the
increased strictness Of the examination. 1t was
impossible for man to read the newspapers with.
out forming an opinion OF some kind, unless he
were fool and had no mind mt all. The counsel
did not seem willing to accept man who could
simply say that he would lay aside every bias he
might have thus acquired, and hence the difficulty
of completing the jury.
The Court then adjourned until this morning al
halfpast ten O'Clock.