Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-16
Drawing the Victims for the U. s. Court
Both Political Parties Represented.

Drawing the Victims for the U. s. Court
Both Political Parties Represented.
A quiet game of constitutional draw, as
prescribed by special enactment at the last
extra session of Congress, took place in the
clerks office of the United States circuit
court at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. The
term "draw'' is employed in strictly literal
and legally technical sense, as applicable to
the new process of drawing the venire of
petit jurors for service at the regular terms
| of the United States courts. AS the new
system was first inaugurated in Minnesota
yesterday morning, some idea of the prac-
tical workings of the enactment may here
be given particularly, as the proceedings
were rather unique and interesting.
! The special enactment alluded to provides
for the appointment, by the respective judges
OF the United States courts, of special COM
missioner to act with the clerk of the court
IN drawing the jurors. Before entering the
| rooms where the drawing is to take place,
the clerk and commissioner are required to
! have a list of $50 names each, neither of
whom are supposed to know the names of
| the persons selected by the other, from
whom the venire is to be- drawn.
| Heretofore the juries have been drawn by
the marshal of the district or the clerk Of
the court, each OF whom would prepare a
list OF seventy-nve names, only half the
number at present required, from which the
jury would be drawn.
In this connection it may be stated that
the new law does not prescribe the exact
| manner in which the list shall be drawn, that
feature of the programme being left to the
| manner agreed upon by the clerk and COM
missioner.
The spirit Of the lazy is to guard against
possible collision between the parties having
the selection in charge, in the way Of
securing 'pickea'' or PROFESSIONAL Jurors,
| and if the letter of the present law is faith
fully executed it will be seen that such re-
suit is impossible.
In accordance with the provisions of the
act, Col. D. A. Rober tson, who was appoint
ed to the Office of commissioner by Judge
Nelson, and Mr.. II. E. Mann, clerk of the
United States circuit court, met in the Office
of the latter at 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing fer the purpose of drawing venine OF
thirty six jurors for the December term of
the United States circuit court.
Before meeting each gentleman had Sc
lected list OF $50 names, 300 in all, each
Dame being written upon an oblong piece of
! pasteboard about three inches in length,
neither gentleman knowing anything about
the names selected by his colleague. After
the lists had been carefully counted the COM
missioner and clerk stood before revolving
balloting box Of the conventional order,
| dropping the names into the box, alternate
| ~, with tho reverse side of the pasteboard
up, until the 300 had been cast.
The box was then whirled round and after
| the tickets had been we'll shaken. the draw
ing commenced, each gentleman selecting a
ticket alternately until the venire of thirty
six jurors was drawn. The drawing resulted
in the selection Of the following named
jurors:
| George W. Bertram. Minneapolis.
! j.. W. Brooks Red Wing.
! Hamlet Stevens, Litchfeld.
| Il. Burt, Mankato.
| II. A. Post, Red Wing.
| L. Fl. Bulls, WaterviIle.
e. r. Bryant, st. Paul.
! Thomas W1threw, Saltwater.
! Frank Nicolin. Jordan
81. Fl. Bell, Duluth.
David L. Curtice, ST. Paul.
J.. V. q: Bailey, Goodhue Centre.
": ". Spaulding, Duluth.
Winthrop Young, Minneapolis.
| Henry G. Baldwin, Spring Valley.
Chas. W. Moore. Minneapolis.
P. Daniels, Red Wing.
george Giles Belle PLANE.
Andrew J. Smith, Brooklyn.
W. B. Quinn, Rosetown, Ramsey county.
| 5. NJ. Bruce, Sank Center.
John D. Schofeld, 81 pennington.
j. p Pond, st. Paul.
George Larson, Duluth.
K. HalversJn, Crow Lake. Stearns c01nty.
job Eastman, Anoka.
p. E. Hughson, st. Paul.
Noah Sinks, st. Paul.
Sylvanus Stockwell, Anoka
r. o. Hall. Austin.
F. H. Dam, St. Cloud.
John w. Gesh, Waterville.
Daniel Johnson, Austin.
Alex. Moore, Sank Center
VIM. Anderson, Eden Prairie.
E. E. Blanding, Taylors Falls.
Judge Nelson. has issued an order making the
! above venire returnable on the 10th dav Of De-
cember, the third day of the term, when all
the parties named are required to make an ap-
pearance.
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