The herald., 1897-08-15
THE
More Trouble Experienced
in Getting Juries
GOOD MEN ARE EXCUSED
CHIEF GLASS has A WORD TO
SAY
Are We to Have Loafers as Jurorsp
Warrants to Be Issued for
Property Owners

The lottery case against All Huck
came up before Justice Morrison yester-
day morning Officer Richardson was
furnished with a venire for jurymen
and summons was served upon sixty
men. Thirty-three Of these were ex-
cused at their own request pleading
business engagements or giving other
excuses why they could not serve. This
lefttwenty-seven men from whom jury
could be selected.
The officers who have beer. active in
making arrests of Chinese lottery deal
ers feel CALLED at this action. They say
that the best mer were released and only
the ragta.l end Of the venire left from
which to select the jury.
Chief Glass said: ''Thirty-threet out of
the sixty men summoned were released
on one excuse or another. Most of them
pleaded business and were excused on
this score. Now, if we can get only men
to serve on juriee who have nothing else
to do, there will always be three or four
men in every jury who would never
convict mar. of any crime on earth Ii
is business men that we want on our
juries, and then we will get verdicts
from men who are interested in seeing
the laws upheld and who are willing to
be governed by evidence in trial where
the testimony is most convincing. BY
excusirg thirty-three OF the best men
twenty seven, many of whom are prob
ably professional loafers, were left from
which a jury is to be selected. With
such men.it will be moral imposslpll-
ity to convict any criminal, no matter
what the offense. know how this thing
goes, because I have seen men on these
juries before who I knew were profess
sioal lottery players. 1t is perfect
outrage that juries such as these should
be set up In our courts to try criminal
cases and that good men should be ex-
cused or such slim excuses"
Two more arrests Of Chinese lottery
dealers were made yesterday by Ser
geant Jeffries and Officers Fowler and
Sparks. The Celestials brought to the
police static were Kan Sing, located at
233 Center place, and All Ching, located
at 256 East First street. In both cases
the usual quantity of several thousanc'
lottery tickets and office paraphernalia
was captured and brought to the police
station to be used as evidence.
When searched Kan Sing was found
to carry drafts and money concealed
about his person amounting to over
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tiHaab1e paper and the rest in gold and Sill
yer. Both Cinnamon were released on
putting up $15O cash bail each.
The building at 1888 Center place, where
Kan Sings joint Is conducted, belongs
to R. Stadie. The owner was rotifieo
several weeks ago that unless he ceased
to rent to lottery dealers he would him
self be criminally proceeded against
Thereafter for period of two weeks the
building was free from lotteries, but at
the expiration Of that time Kan moved
back and has been doing big business
ever since.
This Chinaman was arrested several
weeks ago. The next morning he posted
the following notice on the door of his
place Of business: "Dr. Kan Sing gone
on vacation. No more medicine. Pa
tients go home ard die"
All Ching, who was arrested yester-
day, has been conducting his lottery
business in building at 256 East First
street belonging to S. A. Mattison. Mr..
Mattison was served with notice at the
same time as Mr.. Stadie, that unless his
building was kept free from lotteries
he would be proceeded against. The po-
lice say that warrants will be sworn ou.
on Monday for the arrest of both mer.