Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-07

THEY WILL NOT GRANT THE REQUESTS OF THE
COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED.

THEY WILL NOT GRANT THE REQUESTS OF THE
COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED.
From the PhiIade,phia Times to-day.
The secretary Of the jury board, which body
consists of Sheriff Taylor and the twelve city
judges, yesterday made public the correspon-
dence that has taken place between the board
and subcommittee Of the committee Of one
hundred relating to the selection of jurors and
the evils of the system that make impersonation
and other forms Of Jury fixing" possible. In
his letter to the board Mr.. Perot made three re-
quests. The first was that the jury board. as
being perfectly familiar with the system in
vogue, would give the committee its views as to
how it can be made better. The second was
that some suggestion might be considered as to
better way of having jurors notified after they
have been drawn. The third was that the cOm-
mittee might be allowed to examine the names
selected for next year before they shall be
placed in the wheel. All three of the requests
We're refused.
Secretary E. Cooper Shapey. in his reply in be-
half of the board saws that at least Is 600 names
are necessary to be considered for the purpose of
jury duty and therefore lit cannot be expected
that the judges or any selecting body can have
such extensive personal acquaintance with the
citizens as to secure the highest qualifications"
Concerning the second proposition it is an
nounced that I'm practice the system works
well. and from their experience and knowledge
VI tiic stlcjtCb lHc DCdId are ulaHfttiOuSfy OF
opinion that the crime of .jury-fxing.' so called
is so rare that it can hardly be said TO exist ex-
cept in the imagination of disappointed suffers,
and that no danger of 1t exists at all in any case
until after the names have been drawn from the
wheel and then is only made possible by the
publicity of the list. which the law, tor other
and useful purposes requires"
The board dsposes of the committees remain
Ing request by saying: 1.-The only provision
made by law for the inspection of the names of
jurors prior to tIoir being drawn from the wheel
is that the duplicate lists shall be filed in the
office of the Supreme Court This is regularly
done, and seems to the board to afford all the
means of examination that the committee de-
sires ANY further privilege of examining the
names in private before they are placed in the
wheel would be outside of the law; if granted
to one person or committee it could not well be
refused TO others, and would make precedent
which the board deem inexpedient" ..
In conclusion Mr.. PerOt is referred to Sheriff
Taylor for any further information on the sub
ject. and in accordance with the instructions of
the board the sheriff will to-day make some adj
ditional reply. 1t is said that the action or the
board was not unanimous in rejecting the sug-
gestion of the committee to allow the names to
be made public before putting them in the
wheel A number of the Oldest judges, it is
reported. were in favor of it. Sheriff Taylor
was radically opposed to the suggestions of the
committee of one hundred in every particular.