Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-03-22

The Trial oDsnsdl by tho Adypnt Of Herr ia
cob PhiliPpi in Judge Adams's Court as Dc
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A great concourse attended the
opening Of Judge Adams's Court
yesterday morning. In addition
to the attendance Of witness.
es and jurors, the defend.
ant came into. court with his
attorneys. John f. Godfrey end
Stephen M:lWhfte!' The ii rst move
was the calling ofa venire of sixty
jurors, haall. of 9wbQmml answer.
to their names. From these the
following twelve were chosen by
the Court: Thos. Leahy, N. A.
Coravrubias, w. A. Tullis, r. Dill.
Ion, Fred Linde, w. H. Tuttle, r.
G. Collier, h. Boswell, j. M. Riley,
ID. Ullman, J. J. Woodworth, and
II. Is. Fox. The work of i'm pan.
cling the jury then com m enced,
and Assistant District Attorney
John q! Morgan appearing for the
people, began the exami nation of
the Jurors. The first juror chaI-
lenged. was Fred Linds a. on
his stating that his convictions on
the. question involved -, were .. 80
strong that no evidence would al. /.
ter them, and he was excused by
the Court from serving. Mr.. ID.
Ullman was the next jurorchalIen.
ged by the prosecution; be having
stated that he entertained an, un-
qualified opinion, in regard to the
case, and he also was excused by
the Court. Mr.. J. J. Woodworth
was next challenged by the prose.
cution for the same cause, and was
alsp excused. Mr.. Dillon was
next excused on peremptory
chslltiige !" by the Prosecution.
The defense then excused, on per-
emptory challenges, Messrs Coil.
yer, Tuttle, Fox, Riley and Bos-
well, leaving three jurors, Messrs.
Covsrrubias, Iullis and Leaby
who were sworn in. The proceed
ings thusifar occupied till noon, and
the court then adjourned till 1;15
O'Clock p. NJ.
a. a'a AFTERNOON SESSION.. aa9ug'
On convening at that hour the
following complement of Jurors
was called to fill thejury: w. s.
Maxwell, R. Patterson, A. H. Mil
Ter, G. G. Cheeseborough, f. Ba.
ker, l.. Polaski, M. l.. Gilman. A.
Hoyt, A. B. Chapman. The Dis
trict Attorney them commenced
the examination of the new
jurors. ''"'The first Juror chal.
lenged 3. was Mr.. Maxwell, who,
on stating that he Is held an un.
qualified opinion against the en-.
forcement of fhe law, and that he
could not conscientiously act on
the jury, was excused by the court.
Mr. A. H. Miller was challenged by
the prosecution and excused by the
court. Mr.. G.. c. eesebrOugh,
the next Juror eXamin ed, stated that
b emberof the League OF
Freedom, iisworn as a juror would
render his verdict 'eDtirely unaf.
fected by his prejudice, and was
not challenged. Mr.. l.. Polaski,
the next juror, on stating that his
against thslaw was so
strong as to l. disqualiiy him as a
juror, was challenged and X
cused by the Court. Mr.. Hoyt.
the next man challenged,
was excused by the Court as being
too much of lawyer to be a juror.
Mr.. Cheesebrough WAS then per-
challenged and excused
by the prosecution. The examina-
tion then passed to the defense,
a md the Jurors. were. all accepted
and sworn in BY the Court
The following five in addition
were called to be examined: Chss.
Wickman, H. G. Graham, NJ. A.
Marshall, L.. Langstadter, and C;1
Gerson.
The prosecution examined these
new Jurors without challenging,
and The defense also passed. for
cause. The prosecution then per-
emptorily challenged Mr.. Gerson
and Mr.. ,Langstadter, and the de.
feDse Mr.. Graham. The others
were sworn id. Messrs. Geo. Sco-
Vile, John Mott and Simon Stoll
were then called. Mr.. Stoll was
on his staten ent that
he was g o prejudiced in the mat
ter that mis- verdict would
be Affected, and excused by
the Court. John = Mott. not
being on the assessment roll of this
was also challenged and
The remaining juror,
Mr.. Geo. Scoviile; was accepted
and sworn in. F. Z. Brown and s..
Strohm were then called, and both
excused peremptoriiy - after exa
Messfs. Entwistle and
Levin were called and examined.
After q somewhat. lengthy exami-
nation these two were accepted aud
sworn In. The jury was now full
and stood as foilows: Thomas
Leahy, N. A. .Covarrubias, w. b,
rullis, r. Patterson, Frank Baker,
M. Ii" Gilman, A. B. Chap
man, Charles Wickman, Geo.
Scoville, ]. Entwistle, l.. Lew.
In and M. A. Marshall. ..aal.
The attention Of the court for the
rest Of the day was taken up In the
examination of witnesses for the
prosecution, resulting in establish.
ing the fact, through the evidence
Of Mr.. JOhrPhilippi, that Mr.. ia
cob Philippi was the proprietor of
Volk's Hall, aud that business was
done as usual on Sunday, the 10Th
inst