The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-29
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"Do you know you arc undcr oath?"
"ics, SIR"
Then what do you mean by telling
me YOU have notexpressed an opinion?'
johnson hung his head.
III your honor please" said Colonel
Arnett, 1--WE desire to relieve the court.
Wo don't want this Juror. l think he
Is not competent"
You eau so, Mr.. Johnson" said tho
court, and johnson shuliled away.
There ought to DO u special statute
passed" said Mr.. Howard, "~disqualiiy.
ing that man from over serving OH Il
jury during his natural liic."
johnson seemed to DO an ignorant
sort OF follow and It Is charitable to sup.
pose that no was embarrassed and up.
got In the presence OF the court ind OF
the crowd, and by tho unusual position
no was placed in. That Is probably
tho view tho court took and the reason
Johnson got OF SO easy.
NJ. K. Wolff had strong opinions that
evidence could not change, and W. II.
Degarmo said he also could not change
his opinions. lie said no could listen
to the evidence as brought before him,
but no did not think no could discard
his opinion.
ALor or ELIGIBLE MEN.
W. 9. Smith said that the opinion he
had formed was made upon the reading
of tho evidence ut the former trial, and
that his opinion was subject solely to
the evidence that would be broughti for
ward. lilo had no leaning or prejudice
toward ono side or the other that would
Interfere with giving q verdict accord
ing 10 the evidence. IIe was accepted.
Mr.. Smith is n cieckweighnan for the
miners at Elm Grove.
}. W. Dogarmo could render a verdict
according to the evidence, and immedi-
atc!y said that his opinion could not be
changed. Charles Bowman was very
hard Of 4hcaring. David Martin had
formed and expressed an opinion. g.
w. Cunningham said his mind was
made up, alter reading the evidence
produced at the last trial. No evidence
could now change it. J. S. Morgan said
he could not render q verdict according
to tho evidence; he did not know why,
but he know he could not.
5. Il. Thompson was not here ut tho
time OF the killing, had read no evil
dence and had no opinion. lie said he
could render a verdict according to tho
evidence. Thompson had been absent
from the city from May, 1890, until Au-
gust, 1891. lie was examined BY the
state and the defense. His explanation
why he had not expressed an opinion,
was very plausible; he was away ut the
time OF the killing, had no interest in
the case and had not discussed it with
anybody. Mr.. Thompson was accepted,
making the fifteenth panelman.
William Dennis had formed an opin-
ion and was excused. i. NJ. Henderson
gave very satisfactory answers to the
court and state, and was satisfactory to
both. Col. Arnett asked him several
questions. and Mr.. Henderson said tn at
he would consider it his duty, ii sworn,
to discard the opinion he held, but
whether he could discard it or not he
did not know. AS Mr.. Henderson was
not sure he could discard that opinion,
he was allowed TO &c.
H y APPROACHES.
I. E. Hervey's opinion could not be
changed. William liner had expressed
an opinion, but it was subject to any
evidence that might be produced. EIc
had no bias and noprejudice, and asthe
sixteenth mar he was accepted. Juror
1mcr is d farmer up Little Wheeling
creek.
]. B. Hastings had an opinion that
could not be changed, and ]. 4. Hand
was in the same condition OF mind. J..
A. Nickerson had opinions and J. Wcs-
ley had favorable feelings for one OF the
parties. G. II. Peyton had a strong
opinion that evidence could not alter.
William Worden had not expressed an
opinion as to the guilt or tho innocenc CO
OF the defendant, so far as he could re-
member. He had notdiscussed it with
his friends very much. Wordcn was
accepted. He is o coal miner at the W.
II. Chambers mines, Mt Elm Grove.
Daniel Shaw, another Elm Grove coal
miner, gave satisfactory answers to all
questions asked and was admitted 10
the box. George Criswell, another Elm
Grove coal miner, had formed an opin-
ion, but had no bias or prejudice; i IN
fact he had changed his opinions half a
dozen times during the last trial. accord
ing to the evidence produced Mr..
Criswell was accepted, and mado the
eighteenth man.