Telegram-herald., 1891-01-27

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handed . document sestsng torsh the
Tact tAst ID has been arasa as JeTos
"a seeA aaa1 such eoars, - serve dur
Lag thas sd tAis terua. TIE feslangs that
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ton ne occupies Ia Tia.
kEow bow this IL. as have passed
shToagh the exp<rasnee- | ana lasor.
Ii man Is oaly earning u or IA
shillinxs = day. the sz pay of = juror
slzIes aim. and be at once holds an ex-
ira session of both branches and deyises
means 70 get rsd Of the surplus Ii he
is employed in some factory at piece
work, he can readily see wherein, BY
s.knowing eli about the case" having
formed "A opinion or being excused,
he can earn sllaos. double pay for six
weeks or three months. or IS long as
the term may last.
Ii . man Is employed IN some store
or Office at salary and realizes that
serving on jury may cause him TO
lose he position. he sets to work to de-
wise means To be excused, either by
. physicians certificate or properly
worded story rs to the damage that
would result 10 him II compelled to
serve. Sometimes he gets excused and
sometimes he don't. Mostly he don't.
There are variety of opinions as 10
how = man gets on the regular"
panel. Ii Is presumed that the super
visors furnish y list Of names. iires-
pective OF party. The clerk puts these
names IN box and draws from, say
one hundred, the thirty that form the
jury. This is the presumption. But \
great many people, especially those
VINO hang about the courts III the hope
OF being called up to serve on special
panel, IN case the regular is exhausted,
and those whose ambition to have the
county pay their taxes is disappointed
by not being drawn, claim that being
drawn on the regular panel is the re-
ward dated out 10y the supervisors to
political henchman, and only those
who ''stand in'' can get drawn for a
term.
The jurors of the regular panels deny
this as preposterous falsehoOd and
are always greatly surprised when the
court officers serve the "papers" on
them. l know this TO be fact. ] am
on the regular panel myself.
When court convenes you have to be
present at 10 in the morning, the work
ing hours of the court being from 10
a. m. until noon, and from p. m.
until g.. These are usually the working
hours OF the juries, unless you happen
to be considering case, with = lot of
obstinate people. who cannot, and will
not see things as you do, and then you
may be ''out' for day or two. They
feed you we'll and furnish you a good
room, and with good pack of cards
pedro is played without any other in.
terruption than the casting of ballots to
see ii any changed their minds, until
the court, realizing the hopelessness of
an agreement, discharges the jury.
The jury is made up of men from
different walks of life, of different
habits, temperments, education and
social standing. 1t is remarkable, how
ever, how soon these men, whose habits
are so different and who have never
met before perhaps, become acquainted.
The influence of some over others is
shown very soon and is felt very often
and strongly in the jury room. These
friendly relations are slightly marred
by the disagreements, and jurors soon
learn to pick out those with whom they
feel sure to have trouble. Some men
are antagonistic, and the mere contact
of mind against mind, brings out their
belligerent spirit to a marked degree,
and nowhere so quickly as in jury
room. Next time you are in court,
watch closely how the attorney talks
right to one or two men on the jury in.
stead of covering them all. This is
done in the hope of, if not being able
to gain his case, to at least go infiu.
ence some one AS to cause q disagree
ment.
The jury answer roll call at 10 8. m.
a case is called, and the clerk, placing
the thirty names in ballot box, draws
out twelve, who take their places in the
"jury box" This is a misnomer, as
the "box" is spacious, rallied space in
one corner of the court room, in which
are twelve easy chairs. The jury il
sworn to make true answers to ques
tions touching their competency te
serve in the case of - VS.. y
and the fun begins.
The attorneys ask them their names
place of residence; business; "know any
thing about the the case?" "know either
of the parties?" cor opposing COUNSEL;
and according to the answer given, tn.
appearance of the juror, etc., the law
yer either challenges "for cause" tha
is, good reason in his mind being es
tablished as to the competency of th,
Juror to serve, which the court may OF
may not allow, the attorney may chal
lenge pre-emptorlly which right he may
| exercise so many times in civil anc
| moro times in criminal case. Wher
both sides have exhausted all lega
means to get jury to suit themselves
the jury - again sworn, the othe
eighteen jurors of the panel are excused
| for as long time as in the opinion Of
tho court the case on hand may last
and with q flourish of papers, type
written or pen-scratched, the curtain
rises and the case begins
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