, 1877-09-29

AL day yesterday was devoted In the Criminal
Court 10 an attempt to ret Jury to decide the
guilt OF innocence Of tho County " "ringstcrs
Now on trial for conspiracy to rob. Thu UNDER
taking Ia very tedious oue, and nothing what
ever was accomplished at the morning session.
1'he special ycnire Of ttf.y WINS composed Of very
Indifferent material as a whole. T,cre were,
however, some good men among them. but
Will, very few exceptions they presented excuses
for not being able to acryct And were allowed to
70. When Judge Faswell asked II any Of the
Hfty wished 10 he released from jury duty thirty
Of tlc1u gathered around tho bench to prescnt
their reasons. Ono man had never served on
iury, and did not thank he was competent to do
50. and requested release Oh that ground. Tho
Court was unable 10 see it, sufflciency. Others
couldn't afford to leare their business; soma
were sick, ur Ind wives and latics wl,0 were III;
snurc had not been n2turallxetl. mud lew
couldn't understand English. Thc result was
afty yielding only twenty eight, md they were
not acceptable. About fOur III tive OF thnse who
ehirked iheiF duty are the kfnd Of fc]lows who
howl about the character Vi turtes IN the Crin.-
inat Court II would sccm that DailEil Wat
kfns, who summoned these spccial Jurors, has
. (unrf for baYkccpers and liquor dealers, onc-
sixth Of the whole number lelng mule up Ut
people who handle whisky. Thcrs Was also
Eoo1lY uumbcr oi small grocerymun aud petty
tsadesmeu,-honcst enough, pcshaps, but
LACKING IN INTELLIGENCE,
Judging from their inability ~ understand the
questions asked them bY the attorneys* Not u
representative business snan WIS III tic batch,
nor wa4 there tuoru than 01I1 or TWO ot even
average ability tar ~ education u ct,nccrned
And, what IL not little rcmarkable. SIX III tcn
knew FtflDat, or one uF nlOgo 0t tha accused.
Anlong The tntesrogatortcs on the part ot the
prosecution wess the following: Have you
ever had any contsat* With tl4e city Or countyt
DO you knuw pertoiat, Or either Of ths drtcnI-
nt1fA mr. an " ftt3 Il ham
you acquainted with any u,clnlcr ot the County
1ioarit And On this paFt ut tue defense wero
tecss 70 @ y2a tSEa5a arr "a 1,a|tsent |i. a. syenes
Man upon unreliable tcattu,onvi Would
You convict upon thu evidence Ut .
man who 1t one time swose ono way
anl At another time another wayt Would y"u
p1es.urel Would you return u verdict iude-
influenced BY, by newspaper nssSp a'u'0' whas news.
p.ai Hitsr cis,niniug twenty, States Attorney
nai turned them over to slr. O'brlst. Thc d..
tsuse, however, rejected the quartette, anA this
Then uruse the question xhethes Tho next
four should bc passed uPpu by the detease or
i sis MiiIs soatsaded tha. the defense should
Sir Sidney smith. Of course, held tho eoa-
trary view, as did Mr. Reed aud Air. SWEET.
The advantage WAS In having one slds commit
itself ttrst - to juFoss.
The Court xaAt talned the defeuse.
ANOTHER POINT
over Which theFc was dispute every feE mo
nentx WA ~ to whether man who bad
ios.ned, but had not expressed, IN opinion II to
! the guilt Or tnno:eucr Of the accused wa4 u
coubcteut juTur.
Mr. I&ced maintained that he was, claiming
hat, although inan night lave ~ 0ptnioa
I 1ased On what he had heard or read, II he hau
uot c1pEesse4 III opluioo ~ ~ tie truth VI