Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-23

and corrupt agreement said James L.. Nail did procure or prepare copies of the yenires for petit jurors selected and drawn for the trial of causes in the crim- inal court of Jefferson county, which said venires were drawn by the jury commission, of which the said Nail was member at the time of drawing, and the said Nail and the said Burnett did unlawfully and corruptly counsel and advise together over said copies of said yenires for the purpose of aScertaining which of said venires jury could be se- lected from that would be best for said Burnett to be tried before on said charge of keeping or exhibiting gaming table for gaming, with the intent on the part of said Nail and said Burnett that said Burnett should be unlawfully and cor ruptly acquitted on said charge. 2
 1. That in furtherance of said unlaw- full and corrupt agreement said Nail did unlawfully and corruptly counsel and advise the said Burnett that certain venire for petit jurors, which had all ready been drawn by said jury commits sion and which had not been summoned, but was to be summoned in said criminal court for the week beginning Monday, May IA, 1894, during which week said Burnett was to be tried on charge of a felony, and that on the 21st day of May, after the cause had been duly sub mitted, jury selected from said venire returned a verdict of not guilty in said cause.
 B. That said James L. Nail knew of or had been informed of the charge pending against Burnett and did advise and coun- sel with him as to what venire to select his jury from, and that the case against said Burnett was actually begun and tried before jury empaneled from the venire previously agreed upon and ad- vised about between the said Nail and Burnett.
 G. That for and in consideration of the payment of $10O by the said Burnett to the said Nall, which sum was then and there accepted by the said Nail, the said indictment being found against one Charles Graham for the offense of keep ing or exhibiting gaming table for gaming by the grand jury of said county, which said charge was pending against said Graham in said criminal court and that said Nail we'll knew this fact.
 '. That for and in consideration of the payment of $50 by said Graham to said Nail, the said Nail did unlawfully and corruptly promise the said Graham that he would counsel and advise the said Graham in the selection of petit jury to try said Graham on the charge of keep ing or exhibiting gaming table, and that such unlawful and corrupt agree ment was made to secure the acduittal of Graham by corrupt and unlawful means.
 And the undersigned, as solicitor afore- said, gives this honorable court to under stand and be informed that each and every one of the effenses above set forth, from one to seven inclusive, are impeach- able offenses under the laws of this state and that said offenses were committed by said James l.. Nail In said county of Jefferson and before the 18th day of April 1895. That they were committed during the term for which he was elected and under color of his office as jury com missioner for said county.
 Wherefore, the undersigned, as solici- tor aforesaid. charges him. the said James l.. Nail, with corruption in said