The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26
BEPR0VED BY THE COURT.
VI. A. BUTTIMER CALLED BEFORE
JUDGE NORWOOD.
BURY, Pratt, Kansas.

Had Circulated Reports Concerning
the sJuries of the City Court-Ad-
mitted His Error, But Cnme Back
with Charges That Number of
Jurors Were Serving and Had
Served the City Court Whose
Names Are Not Upon the County
Jury List-TOId to Put His Charges
in Writing.
There was an unusual scene in the City
Court yesterday morning when Mr.. M. y.
Buttimer was called before the court and
publicly reproved by Judge Norwood for
circulating reports concerning juries in re-
cent trials, rejecting upon the court and
its officers
Judge Norwood told Mr. Buttimer that
If he had any charges to make against
the officers of the court he should do so
in open court.
The reprimand rather surprised Mr.
Buttimer He admitted that he had been
in error in making the statements and he
had since discovered his error. On the
day before he had made state
ments TO various persons that
the attorneys for Mrs. Wyness
had objected in court to the jury panel
offered for the case because they found it
contained the names of two persons who
were not on the county jury list He also
stated that the names of five of the ju-
rors who sat upon the case of Granville
Beylll against the Central of Georgia
Railway Company, were not on the list.
Mr.. Buttimer was in the office of the
clerk of the Superior Court when the at
torneys for Mrs. Wyness made their ex-
IF ho lief cot no
idea there that they had objected to the
panel because it contained names which
We're not on the list.
The attorneys subsequently stated that
their objections to the panel were be-
cause of the presence of two ju-
rors who had served on the jury
which convicted Patrick Kearney for the
killing of Wyness. Other members Of the
panel, who were present al the Kearney
trial and heard the evidence under OATH
were disqualified TO sit on the case in the
City Court.
Deputy Clerk Robert l.. Colding of the
City Court heard of Mr. Buttimers state
ments and took him to task about them.
Mr. Colding secured the county jury list
and compared each name on the Bevill
jury with il, the result being that eleven
names were found on the list. Mr.. Cold
ing showed an order on the minutes Of
the court for the service of the twelfth
Juror Robert j. Warrick, by consent Of
counsel on both sides. This disposed of
the charge as TO the Bevill jury. Mr.
Buttimer also admitted his error as to the
Wyness jury.
Mr. Colding reported these facts to Judge
Norwood, and il was this that caused Mr.
Buttimer to be called before the court
Shortly after the reprimand had been ad-
minlstered Judge Norwood received a note
from Mr.. Buttimer, requesting the pr.vi-
lege of making a statement. The request
was granted. When Mr.. Buttimer reap
peared in court he stated that he was pre-
pared to prove that a number of men had
served as jurors of the city court during
the last two years, and are now serving as
such whose names do not appear on the
Jury list Judge Norwood told Mr.. Butti-
mer that if he had any charges to make
to reduce them TO writing and present
them to him and he would promptly and
thoroughly investigate them
Mr. Buttimer said afterward that he in
tends TO present his charges to Judge Nor
wood as requested. He exhibited a book
containing a number of names, which, he
stated were the names of all the jurors
who had served in the City Court since
February, 1896, about 800 in ALL About
twenty of these. he said, were not on the
jury list.
The officers of the City Court say
that IL nothing more serious than these
charges are brought against their official
lives they will be happy.