Morning journal and courier., 1882-04-19

half mile from the center of North Haven t carriage wood work. He was excused by he State.
 At 11:25 recess of five minutes was or tered by the court.
 The first juror called after recess was AL pert D. Smith, of Oxford. To Mir. Doolittle le said he had formed an opinion in regard 70 the case. He was excused by the court.
 Frank Nichols, of Oxford, was next called. He had formed an opinion and was excused by the court.
 Junot L. Terrell, of Woodbridge, called. He said he presumed he had formed an opin- ion. Excused by the court
 Lewis Hitchcock, of Woodbridge, said he had not formed opinion at this time d. though he had previously had an opinion. He formed an opinion after reading the evi- dence which he now held. He was excused by the court.
 Oliver A. Bill, of New Haven, said he had no opinion as to. the guilt or innocence of the defendants. To MT. Jones he said that while reading the evidence of the West Haven trial he had an opinion, but had changed it as the evidence proceeded, and that ct the end of the trial he was left without any opinion. Mir. Bill was accepted by the State but re- iected by the counsel for defense for Blanche Douglass.
 Edwin w. Sperry, of New Haven, was next called and was excused because he had ex- pressed an opinion as to the guilt or inno- cence of the accused.
 Daniel Lovejoy, of New Haven, was next called He said he had read about the case te some extent in the papers, but had never expressed an opinion as to the guilt or lnno- cence of the accused, or either of them. He was accepted as the third juror.
 Elizur M. Hotchkiss and Ernest Klenke, both of New Haven, were excused for the reason that they had formed an opinion.
 Hiram Talmadge, of Beacon Falls, said that in reading about the case he had been biased one way or the other, but had at the present time no bias against either of them, it having gradually died out. To 8 question by MT. Dow he said he had never formed an opin- ion regarding the guilt or innocence of Blanche Douglass. He was excused by Wal ter Malley.
 Ransom Lounsbury, of Beacon Falls, and Olin D. Buckingham Of the same place were both excused because they had formed opin- ions.
 Samuel Miller and William Foote, both of Branford, were excused because they had formed an opinion.
 Lawrence McGrail, of Branford, was ex- cused by the State after question or two by Mir. Doolittle.
 Patrick McManus, Charles P. Jackson and Hobart Sperry, all of Derby, were excused becaused they had formed opinions.
 E. Dwight Street, of East Haven, was next called Said he had not formed an opinion as to the guilt Or innocence of the accused /; had read portions of the report of the trial in the JOURNAL AND COURIER. But had read sketches only of the evidence; thought he could try the case fairly and impartially. Mir. Street was excused by James Malley.
 John I. Bradley, of East Haven, was ex- cused because he had formed an opinion.
 Comfort s. Prout, of East Haven, in reply to questions by Judge Blydenburgh, said that he had read portion of the account of the hearing, but had never read it in full He said he had avoided expressing his mind on the subject because he thought every man should be declared innocent un5il he was found guilty by the court. He had heard opinions expressed by others, but those opin- ions had not changed his mind His opinions. if any, were founded on s'truth and right eousness" Mr. Prout was excused by Wal ter Malley.
 AFTERNOON SESSION. .
 The afternoon session opened at o'clock. Before commencing State Attorney Doolittle said to the court he would move for an addi- tionaI panel of thirty jurors for to morrow morning, and an additional panel of thirty in the afternoon. Judge Granger granted the request. .s--. -..
 The first juror called was Lewis M. Buck ingham, of Derby. He was excused because he had formed an opinion
 Watson D. Kelsey and George W. Hill, both of Guilford, also Frederick W. Seward of the same place, were excused because they had formed opinions.
 Charles H. Redfield, John A. Willard, Mar GUS L. Baldwin and Philander Lewis, all of Madison, were each in turn excused by the court because they had formed oI inions.
 John O. Ives, of Meriden. was called and excused because he had formed an opinion.
 Amos Ives, of Msriden. was nex' ca'kd He had not formed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the accused. He said he had read evidence of the hearing at West Haven in number of different papers. In reply to MT. Case he said he had never, he thought, been impressed in regard to the guilt or lnno- cence of the accused. He did not know that he had ever expressed an opinion on the sub feet; did not know that he had ever had a mental leaning one way or the other He was excused by James Malley.
 George l.. Hall, of Meriden, was next called and excused because he had formed an opinion.
 S. B. Little, of Meriden, was called, and said in reply to Mir. Jones that he had had an impression in the case, but the impression was not of such 8 character as to prevent him trying the case fairly. His opinion had been formed from patches of evidence that he had read. Had never read the evidence in full. The juror was excused by the court
 Eben E. Richardson, of Middlebury, was excused from service on account of having formed an opinion. ...
 Dwight Clark was questioned by Judge He had not formed any deci- ded impression, that is one that could be called fixed. He was open to conviction, however, and should be governed in reaching his conclusion by the evidence. In reply to Judge Granger he said he had no fixed opin- ion at present. Mir. Clark was excused by Blanche Douglass.
 Charles T. Yale, of Middlebury, had no opinion in regard to the guilt or innocence of the accused. Had read but very little of the former hearing. Had never expressed an opinion on the subject. Had no impression either way about either of the parties.
 Ralph W. Chidsey, of Milford, was exc used because he had formed an opinion. John w. of Milford, was excused for the same cause, while Lewis B. Beers, of Mil ford, had conscientious scruples on capital punishment. Ephraim Brown, of the same town, was also excused on account of his opinion.
 John Canthorne, John Deagon and Willard all of Naugatuck, were each excus- ed on account of opinions formed.
 John R. Platt, of Prospect, was excused for opinions previously formed.
 Frank Wilkinson of Prospect, had not, he said in reply to Mir. Doolittle, formed an opin- ion In reply to ex-Judge Stoddard, he said he had read the report of the preliminary hearing in the papers, but what he read had not biased his judgment one way or the oth- er He was excused by Blanche Douglass.
 Charles H. Lounsbury, William B. Treat, James Adams and William K. Holmes, all of Seymour, were each excused on account of opinions.
 Benjamin Hoggett and David NJ. Mitchell, of Southbury, were each in turn excused
 Andrew French, of Southbury, said he had not formed any opinion had not read the papers in regard to the case on account of poor eyesight had heard but little said or read upon the subject. The juror was ex- cused by Walter Malley.
 John M Ford, of Southbury, was excused for his opinions. a--- --1
 Charles R. Baldwin, of Waterbury, told MT. Doolittle he had formed an opinion, but not such an opinion as would require evil dence to remove it. In reply to MT. Jones, he said that all he had read upon the subject would not, he believed, influence his mind if he was to sit on the jury that tried the case. He was excused by Walter Malley.
 Henry Minor, of Woleott, was excused on account of his opinion.
 Stiles l.. Hotchkiss, of Wolcott, said he had read all the papers; had formed some sort of an opinion, and thought it would take some evidence to remove it. He was excused by the court
 This exhausted he'panel, andat 3:30 o'clock fhao oIi