Morning journal and courier., 1882-04-21

having conscientious scruples about hanging
 Norris B. Mix, of Ramden, was called
 Was sorry to say that he had not formed an
 opinion in regard to the guilt or innocence of
 the accused. Never formed opinion from
 what he read in the newspapers. He had no
 impression at the present time ill regard to
 the matter. Mir. Mix was accepted by the
 State, but excused by Blanche Douglass.
 c. A. Burleigh, of Hamden, was excused |
 on account of conscientious scruples, while
 William P. Allen, of the same town, was eX- |
 cused for opinions. Nathan Tibbals, of New Haven, was called | and excused for his opinions. Julius A. Gorham, of Hamden, said he l was farmer. Had read very little on the subject of this case He read the COURIER. l Had talked occasionally with others the subject, but had never expressed an opinion, not even Ill general The juror was excused | by James Malley. Thomas Cannon, of Hamden, was called l and excused by the State.
 Charles L.. Scranton, of Madison, was called and excused by the State. l Henry E. Stone, of Madison, had formed partial opinion and was excused by the 1 court.
 J. Myron Hull, of Madison had formed a l partial opinion, and was excused by the ! court
 ! Timothy F. Wilcox, Samuel D. Cruttenden and Nathan N. Bradley, all of Madison, were each in turn excused account of their | opinions.
 ! Wa lace A. Miles, of Meriden, was called | He had not formed an opinion, but had an l impression in regard to the guilt or innocence
 of the accused. He was excused by the l court.
 Hiram A. Yale farmer, of Merden. Had not formed an opinion. Had read some of I the evidence and did have an impression st the time, and all he remembered of the evil
 dence still remained. He was excused by the 1 court
 John Evans, R. T. Cook, Nelson Hall, Jo-
 seph Morse and George Nagle, all of Meri- I den, were each in turn excused for having ! fixed opinions.
 James s. Tibbals and Horace Mallett, of I Milford, were excused by the court on &C., ! count of their opinions.
 David Miles, of Milford, was called. He | said he had read some of the evidence and I had no bias whatever on the subject. He 1 was excused by James Malley. \ David l.. Clarke, of Milford, said he formed an opinion and then changed it. This was during the trial ct West Haven. He had | no bias at present, but had an opinion. The l witness was excused by the court. Albert Plumb, of Milford, was next called, and excused by the court.
 ! Norman Sperry, of Seymour, was excused 1 on account of conscientious scruples regard ing capital punishment.
 l Henry P. Davis, farmer, of Seymour, was next called and passed by the States attor- ney.
 ! To MT. Blydenburgh the juror said he had
 been on juries before, and twice on capital cases He had no impression or bias regard I ing the guilt or innocence of the accused. l Had read the evidence, or 8 portion of 1t, of the preliminary hearing. Had never ex- pressed an opinion himself, although he had heard opinions expressed. He was excused ! by Walter Malley.
 I Lewis A. Camp and Frederick H. Clem- ! mons, both of Seymour, were excused on | account of their bias.
 ! At 11:50 the jury panel for the morning { was exhausted, and recess was ordered ! until o'clock. 1 AFTERNOON SESSION. ! Court opened at p. m.
 l The first juror called was George A. ! Twi, chell, of Beacon Falls. He was excused ! on account of his opinions.
 l Charles Carter, of Beacon Falls was also | excused for his opinions.
 I Harvey E. Atwood, of Beacon Falls, said ! to MT. Doolittle that his opinion was not ex- actly formed
 To MT. Jones he said that the reason he made this remark was because he had not ] read enough on the subject to make up his mind. He might have expressed an opinion ! in talking with his neighbors. He said his opinion was that it would turn out about like the Hayden trial. Mir. Doolittle-I think the juror has passed I judgment on his own case Perhaps your Honor had better excuse him. ! Judge Granger-I think will. Exit MT. Atwood. | Moves Wh eler, of Beacon Falls, was ex- scused on account of his opinions. Andrew J. Doolittle of Bethany, was ex- cused on account of having formed opin ions. Jasper B. Todd, of Bethany said he had read the papers during the previous hearing and perhaps had formed an impression 1 which was afterward removed, and now he 1 had no impression at all he had come to no l conclusion in regard to the matter; had dis | cussed the case with others, but had no rec ! ollectlon that he had expressed an opinion. 1 The juror was accepted by the State and ex- cused by Blanche Douglass l Stiles c. Williams, of Bethany, was called | and excused by the State for his opinions l sake. Henry B. Hotchkiss, of Bethany, was next | called He said he had read the papers but ! had formed no opinion one way or the other ! in regard to the guilt or innocence of the &C., cused. He was excused by the State George B. Hotchkiss, of Bethany called | Said he had read very little of the trial Tn the court below had never formed an opinion, and had never expressed one; had taken part In discussion of the case with others, but had not expressed his own mind in these discussions. Mir. Hotchkiss was accepted by the State and defense, making the ninth 1 juror selected William H. Lounsbury of Bethany, was excused by the court on account of opinions formed, George R. Johnson, of Cheshire, was call ed. Had not formed an opinion; read the evidence or a portion of 1t in New Haven pa pers did not follow the evidence up closely; | had heard some talk about the case, but | had not expressed any opinion thought he had heard some of his neighbors express an | opinion, but was confident that he did not l
 coincide with the opinions expressed. To Mir. Jones-I am @ farmer, sir. |
 Mir. Johnson was excused by James Nal |
 ley.
 Samuel T. Hull, of Cheshire, was called
 and passed by the State.
 To MT. Case the juror said he had lived in ! Cheshire all his life; had only read very
 few words regarding the case; did not read 1
 the testimony at the preliminary hearing
 had talked with his neighbors about the case;
 the opinion was that somebody must be
 guilty somewhere think very likely I may
 have expressed an opinion. may have ex,
 pressed myself one way one day and the next
 day another. No, I have no opinion now, I
 have lost it. The juror was accepted by the
 State, but excused by Walter Malley
 William H. Doelittle, of Cheshire, was ex-
 cused on account of his opinions, and Henry
 Hotchkiss on account of illness.
 Samuel H. Brooks, of Cheshire, was called
 Had not formed an opinion regarding the guilt or innocence of the accused had en- gagged in conversation with others, but had never expressed an opinion. He was accept ed by the State and excused by Blanche Douglass.
 John Bishop, of Cheshire, passed the State attorney.
 To MT. Jones the juror said he had read but very little about the case, and did not know that what he had read had made any impression on his mind The juror was ac- ceptcd by the State, but excused by James Malley.
 O. c. Osborn, Isaac B. Lake, Seth S. Washband. w. o. French, Marcus E. Hyde ( all of Oxford, were excused for having fixed { opinions.
 Henry Church, of Oxford, was called Said he was not prejudiced and had opin- ion regarding the guilt or innocence of the f accused. He was excused by the State.
 w. B. McEwen, of Oxford, was excused for his opinions
 David Hawley, of Oxford was next called, and answered satisfactorily to State Attorney l Doolittles questions.
 He said in renlv tO Mir Jones that he had E