Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-04-27
IN THE DISTRICT COURT.
Special Venire finally Served-Mitch-
ell Excused for Cause.-The
Jurors in ChaveS Case
Accepted.

When tho territorial district court met
at O'Clock last night the court room was
crowded with spectators, who apparently
anticipated something of sensational
nature, but they we're again disappointed
The session was brief and nothing OF
special interest occurred. Sheriff Gun
bingham reported that all the persons
named on the special venire FOR seventy
(instead of sixty talesmen in the Frank
Chaves murder case had been summoned
so far as they could be found. The usual
places of residence of all had been visited
by himself or his duly authorized deputies
Some were absent and could not be
located and three or four were too sick to
travel. He reported forty-fve present
Two we're examined as to statutory quail
| fications and one of these was found dis
qualified. This left twenty-eight gener-
| ally qualified talesmen in one box and
eleven partly examined jurors in the
other. These we're sent out in charge of
Deputies Tucker, Sandoval and Candida
| Ortiz, and an adjournment was taken
until $50 this morning.
SLIGHTLY SENSATIONAL.
Soon after the incoming of court this
morning, Judge Hamilton called Mr.. F
H. Mitchell, one of the jurors passed
for cause, to the bar. Whereupon the
court directed the clerk to read an aft.
davit of Thomas H. Tucker, bailiff in
charge of the eleven jurors passed for
cause, wherein afiant swore that, at the
request of Mr.. Mitchell, he accompanied
him (MitchelD out of the room in which
he was confined for few minutes; that
while out Mitchell said in substance: 81
would like to get off this jury, think Cat.
ron will accept me, but think Crist will
challenge me. If he does accept me, he
will wish he had not. l think it Is q
id political piece of work anyway
The Judge asked Mr.. Mitchell if he had
uttered these words. He said that he
might have intimated that he would like
to get off from the jury, but denied say.
ing anything about Catron accepting OF
Crist challenging him. He did not re-
member saying anything about it being
"a piece of political work anyway"
| The Judge said that since the juror did
not recollect saying the words attributed
him he would not inhict punishment, but,
as he admitted that he might have said
something about the pending case, he
deemed him disq ualified to serve in this
particular cause. Mr.. Mitchell was then
excused from service.
WORK OF EXAMINING JURORS.
The work of examining jurors was
thereupon resumed.
Ten or twelve more jurors we're ex.
amined for cause this forenoon, and, the
defense objectlng to the passing Of
Tomas Gurule for cause on account oil
fifth degree relationship to some Of the
defendants, argument ensued on the sub
ject. The judge took the case under ad
v1sement.
So far the territory has exercised two
of its peremptory challenges and the de-
fendant's attorneys have exercised seven
of the eighteen challenges allowed tc
them. Five jurors had been accepted
when the court took a recess till 1:3O p
IN. Their names are as follows: W. E
Myers, J. Lorenzo Baros, Frank Leonate
German Encinias and Marcos Gutierrez