The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-10
TWELVEFAIR MEN FOUND
RALF A DAY REQUIRED TO GET A
JURY IN TIE MILLEO CASE.

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Attorney Preston Wins Bis Point on
the Voir Dire Question-A Number of
| Jurors Disqualified in Consequence.
| The Old Deeds Introduced and Proof
| of Occupancy Being Submitted.
| The second day of the trial OF the Millen
ejectment suits attracted al many specta-
tors as the opening day. Ex-Attorney Gen
erRl Anderson, whose sickness was the
ground for a continuance, arrived on
the early train and was present in the
court room. He looked we'll When court con-
vened yesterday morning Attorney Pres
ton was prepared with his authorities on
the voir dire question, which had been dis
puted the day before. After reading them
to the court, Judge FAlligant propoundsd
the following questions 70 each of the Jurors
in accordance with the request of the
plaintiffs attorneys:
''Have you formed and expressed an
opinion as to the case or any of the cases"
"Haye you any decided wish or desire as
to which party ought to succeed in the
cause. or any Of the causesp
do you feel that under the law and
evidence you can do justice between the
parties"
A number went off under this test and
more jurors had to be subpoenaed. Finally
eighteen qualified, having stated that they
were perfectly unbiased and impartial on
all scores between all the parties, plaintiff
and defendant. Each side struck three,
and the following jurors were selected about
1890 O'Clock:
THE JURY.
Henry P. Richmond. John Schley,
ia
c. NJ. Cunningham, Charles d. Baldwin,
Thomas +. Screven, George g. Wilson,
Thomas E. Bessellieu, George w. Allen,
Michael Carolan, Jacob Kohn.
the case was thsn opened by the plainti
with the reading to the jury of the bill of
particulars, which has already been pub
lished in the MORNING News. After this
the plaintiffs attorneys offered the deeds OF
the tract from Lowe TO Gardner and from
Gardner to Millen as evidence. There was
a contest on these from the defense, but
Judge Falligant allowed the instruments to
90 In.
The great case then began in earnest. R.
R. Richards got himself ready for his forte,
in examining witnesses, and Jacob Butler,
an old gray-bearded negro who was a slave
of John Millen, was the first witness called.
The object of his testimony was 70 prove
the occupancy of the Prendergast tract by
the Millens. Butler was sold by John Millen
to Cornelia Millen and he remembered the
tract, which was known as Taylor's field,
to have been cultivated as a silk
farm by the Millen family. Butler
described the boundaries of the property
quite accurately.
PROVING OCCUPANCY.
Edward Wade an old coored man with
white skin, testified to almost the same
statement of facts as Butler had related.
He was not as well able. however. to locate
the boundaries as the first witness.
John NJ. Maupas, an elderly white man,
was next introduced for the same
purpose as the two preceding
witnesses He knew that such q tract as
Taylor's field had existed, and had been the
property Of the Millen family, but he could
not very well describe any Of its boun-
daries.
The interrogatory testimony of Mrs.
Kean was also introduced She testified to
the Milen tract and its boundaries In a very
accurate manner.
The tax digest of 1S42 and 1S43 was ad-
mitted as evidence without any contest, and
Capt. Dillon, receiver OF tax returns. was
kept on the stand nearly half an hour tell
ing all he knew about the tract, its
boundaries, return for taxation, occupants,
etc.
City Engineer Winn was put through an
examination Of the lines of the property
after Capt Dillon finished his testimony,
and at the conclusion of the city engineers
statement a recess was taken until 10
o'clock this morning