Daily Republican., 1882-06-24
Eleven Peryerse Jurors


The suit of W. H. mwell, of 2e
Howard street, New York city, against
George L. Barr, for $1,000 worth Of
goods sold and delivered, has been on
trial six times in the Marine Court
Five times verdict for the plaintiff
for part of the amount claimed has
been procured by Mr.. f. p. Wilder
counsel FOR the plaintiff, and five times
the defendants counsel, Wakemah &
Latting, have secured new trial on
Various legal grounds 1t was a few
days ago that the case came to trial fol
the sixth time. The trial was before
Judge Hall and . jury in Part l. When
the jury went out at 5p. N. they stood
nine for the plaintiff to one for the de.
fendant and two undecided. The one
dissenting juror was firm, and his com
panions tried in vain to get him to agree
to verdict for the plaintiff. They
pelted him with coal, wet paper and
water, and tried to get the officer in
chargs of them to let them take him
out and duck him in the City Hall Park
fountain. But the jury lodged the
coal and things, and the officer would
not hear of the ducking. At 3 a. ILL.,,
the jury we're discharged, anable to
agree. The eleven jurors handed up
tie following paper to Judge Hall
Statement OF Jurors in re- Clom well
agt. Geo. l., Burr:--We, the under.
signed jurors in above action, do
severally and individually present to
your Honor that we have done all in
our power to arrive at ust and true
verdict In the action before us, and
have succeeded in doing so to the nun.
Der of eleven.
The eleven have had hardly any diff
Guilty from the outset, and the trouble
Is caused by one obstinate associate,
who refuses to understand your Hon
or's charge, and will insist on enter
tanning matters irrelevant to the is.
sue
1t further appears that the recalci.
trant juror mentioned, having been in
two several panels of jurors during the
present term, has in both cases caused
delay and hindered tie respective juries
from coming to an early verdict by his
obtuse and preverse ideas. A question
az to his mental capacity has been
broached by the jurors in the present
instance, and he has been pronounced |
the greatest ignoramus it has been the |
misfortune of d jury to have among
them.
Signed by James A. Bostwick. John
Frick, Louis Strauss, George Rosen-
wall, William B. Steiner, L. Rossjunt,
D. j. Wunner, A Wilson, Frederick
Myers, A G. kroh, James Demelhan
The juror thus criticised was VIM. Ii.
Pierce, who sells printing presses at
30 Centre street, and lives at 1877 East
)ne. Hundred-and. Sixteenth street, New
lork city. He was drawn on a subse
uent pannel, but as his brother jurors
efused to sit with him he was excused.
te is about 40 years old, wears III uttcn
hop whiskers. and says he knows the
aw and his rights as a juror. The de.
sndant aud his counsel think Mr..
fierce is a very sensible man. Mr..
'iorce himself said yesterday:
'The other eleven refused to listen to
esson. told them l was willing to
rgue the matter, but they had made
p their minds not TO listen to any,
ling. Two of them wore with me atI
rs:, but they soon went over to the
hers. 1t seemed to me very plain
Use. l was not aware until now that
y fellow jurors had handed up any
lper to the court. If l had kn own it
might have handed upa paper my.
If, for l think they were unreason-
,le and obstinate"