New-York tribune., 1873-01-09
THE COURTS.
THE TWEED TRIAL FAIRLY BEGUN.
SEVEN JURORS OBTAINED.

SEVEN JURORS OBTAINED.
Considerable progress was made in the trial
Of Vm NJ Tweed. yesterday, seven Jurors being OBJ
,aued ont of the sixteen examined The general interest
seems to increase the proceeds the courtroom
being even moro crowded than on the preceding day
Tweed sat at one side, away from his counsel seeming
70 have nothing to do in the conduct OF the case ana
only taking occasional notes As each juror came 10 te
stand he was subjected to severe examination the ue-
feuse in particular searching every recent or remote
opfnion Upon the opening OF the Court MT Grah"ln
stated that the defense unwilling 10 take adVan'ase
AZ the fact that tho panel hundred jurors sum
mened 10 this case, had been called under the
of chapter I6 OF the laws of 1871. which was lu'V
an amendment to a previous law, having DO aPl0
TO the City and County of New-forK' 1nes nisu
challenge the whole panel on this eroonu pus "ouu
waive the objection The Clerk then proceedeo 10 can
the names OF the Jury. Twenty-eight answered inc
absntees no had been personally served were nheuS
each. . -
The first Juror who answered TO his name was James
a Wotton ir who had read the newspapers and formed
nm oniniop Lewis Arnheim, clothing merchant OF NO.
oox 1tirdaye had been q resident for IL years, ana
had formed no opinion. He had helped raise banner
once but had had nothing else 10 90 with pohlcal mat
ters He was Immediately sworn in as the first Juror
Edcar Seaman, John Bammann. Bernard Fuld, ana
Joseph Miller were excused. Julius Strauss was e4
oused by the court account OF his inability TO reau
and write English. Henry Warren, produce dealer OF
No % North Moores thought that he coud give just
verdict. having formed no opinion. He was sworn as
the second juror Michael Peppard, ab!ekeeper OF
No 80 East sxeenthst answered the regular quesuons
about opinions impartial verdict and knowledge OF the
case in favorable manner ana was S"oiN =" 40 Wv
Henry Mauhein's opinion TOO strong to be altered
John d. Hamn, auctOneer, residing at NO. l2O MeSSt
Thrtythiri-st did not know any reason WY nc colo
net give impartial verdict and TOOK ms seat as 'ue
james McCoskey was challenged peremptorily by the
prusecution OsInan Reed underwent long anu e1-
ffx~a xoryna affn
So5 a Nv me fefense This gentleman hale old man
OF probably 6 years the unconscious cause OF s29u
deal of amusement at the expense OF Ar. Srana d n
exceedingy pleasant eve which twnkled every now and
tnen lust enough to show the thorough joVay OF NJ
81 sc eoTporaton STYLED the RING he neverhe
less uuacquainted with most OF the persons aeEe9 ~
forgotten about an there of it. His information
further than the news Sontaln9d IN 'e neaI
ings OF the newspapers and Judge DAVIS , ninsen sen
declared him perfectly competent during ,i lne
examination for favor MI SIsham az es1eI ConnoIiV i
II he had not heard OF man by the uale ~ | t2S
who was said t. have run away on yes repeu p, @ ,no
juror. "Nhen meni eIi mii5iv ssked Mr.. Graham
you ala not Of IL before nc went, did yout No.
no !" replied Ae, OF course not" Well then lhpd-
ticnfly "bow soon after the bird had flown did you
near of III" "Why," said the witness, quickly, ana
he did Of" This caused great :aGAIei, SpG & tne
counsel made HQ-e essay. cant you toii With
n vast" said Mr.. Graham, with another iroWp: now
Mr. Graham" replied the old gentleman little eon-
fused ana determined 10 concllale ms an'SIIVSatV,
brought everybody out in laugh, and MI Gg4ham
chaiu ed the Juror percmptOrly. The Juror stepping
lightly for his years from the stand retreu WIN d
"yery much obliged TO you Mr.. Graham - -,
JOHN ;. Rockwell, liquor Gtaler OF NO. l2l last
Twentyninth.st could not that he had iolined an
Opiulou sworn as the ith juror Henry & HAZE
ton mauufactuIcr Of pianos at Nos. ~ ana SO OhOh-
s0are hsd heard and read about the frauds upon the
eltv, and bad formed an opinion upon the genera
ch,yco but lot on any specific charge. After a long
exau iion counsel agreed TO accept him, and he was
sworn as the sixth juror ,,
John H. GasOom thought he could enter the jury-Oox
without beng biased by anything which ne had seen OF
heard or read lie might have sald thSt Tweed needed
puns nmeut but could not remember tnati no mad Ihe
rcrs found him competent, and he was then chaenSeu
perempturly by the defense. Thomas W. Roche, pro
duce dealer of No. Eghth-aye., had read the news
paper accounts about Tweed, but they nad made very
hti impression upon his mind He had not held, ana
not hold and did expect any eIy once Alter ooh-
suta0u among counsel he was accepted ana sworn as
the seventh juror.