The San Francisco call., 1899-05-07
POOLSELL|NG
AGAIN BEFORE
THE COURTS
Second Trial of Book
maker Jones.
OBJECTIONS TO THE VENIRE
THEY ARE ALL SWEPT ASIDE BY
JUDGE GRoEzINGER.
All Afternoon Taken Up in Selecting
the Jury and the Hearing
Will Take Place To-
Morrow.
THEY ARE ALL SWEPT ASIDE BY
JUDGE GROEzINGER.

The second trial of II. L. Jones, the
bookmaker, charged with violating the
new ordinance against pooiselling by sell
ing pools at the Ingleside racetrack, was
commenced before acting Police Judge
Groezinger and a jury yesterday after
noon.
At the first trial before Judge Mogan
the jury stood ten for acquittal and two
for conviction Judge Mogan, from the
fact that his calendar was overcrowded,
transferred the cases to Judge Groezin-
ger, and against the protest of Attorney
Ach the case of Jones was again set first
for trial.
A venire Of 100 jurors had been served,
and Attorney Ach at once adopted the
same tactics as before Judge Mogan. He
began by challenging the venire, and put
officers O'Keefe and O'Meara under oath,
asking them innumerable questions as to
how they selected the men, from whom
they received their instructions, were any
of the men related to them and had they
any business dealings with them, and so
on. The challenge was denied.
Then because one of the initials in one
OF the names was apparently wrong he
again challenged the Venire as the full
100 had not been summoned. This was also
denied, and Ach took the usual exceptions
Ach insisted that all the names should
be called out to see If the jurors would
answer to their names. This was done,
not answer. ACh again moved that the
jury be dismissed, as the full number had
not answered, and the defendant was en-
titled to have the whole 100 names put in
the box. Prosecuting Attorney Carpenter
cornered him by asking If he demanded a
continuance and thereby put the jurors to
the unnecessary inconvenience of coming
another day. He declined to look upon
his motion that way, and the Judge
promptly denied 1t. Then he took excep-
ton to the Judge having excused two
jurors in the morning without consulting
him Finally the Judge ordered attach
mentS issued against the defaulting Jurors
and the first twelve men were called to
the box.
1t took all afternoon to select the
twelve, as there were so many objections,
and the case was continued for trial till
tomorrow afternoon at l o'clock. The
names Of the twelve jurors are; D. w.
Landers, Solomon Newman, Louis Ehren-
berg, NJ. ]. Bohannon, Z. E. Myers, Chris
Heinv, G. A. Teweger, A. McMahon, H
A. Berkelman, S. F. Weeks, ]. A. Miller
and NJ. A. Judd.
While questioning the jurors Attorney
Ach would ask, DO you know the Ingle-
side racetrack?'' do you know that a
number of valuable improvements have
been made there?" DO you know that
a large number of men are employed
there?" When it came to Prosecuting At
torney Carpenters turn he would ask the
juror: do you know the States prison?"
do you know that a large number of
the racetrack?" Attorney Ach strenuous
ly objected to Carpenters questions, but
he contended he had as much right to
ask them as Ach had to ask about the
improvements at the Ingleside track and
the number of men employed there.