The San Francisco call., 1906-10-30

be allowed 70 question the jurors or
their bias for O. against the man
against whom he has announced he
Viii ask for al Indictment vas not
settled zs ! IS reported that several
Of the liquor dealers who have been
drawn are Ruef pa-tlszas. this ques-
tlcn is The more important Graham
gave no indication as 10 what his de-
clsiOn would be IN this regard other
than by saying -Aar section s0z OF the
Code OF Civil Procedure might possibly
be taken as referring 70 grand jurors
Heney then said that he had asked
the Tax Collector 70 be present and
bring with him tie assessment roll.
bur that he vas not there
TOO MANY VOLUMES.
Francis Foley. q deputy in thar oence
stated that there were eighty volumes
which would have had 70 be brought
into court. that this was their busy
season and that the notice had been
TOO brief After considerable argument
deputy Of Assessor Washin gt0n
Dodge was allowed 10 give the results
Of his examination Of the assessment
roll as each OF The jurors were ex-
arlineo- and II cases where he testified
thai the name did not appear on the
roll Il was agreed that Il would be
necessary 70 produce The volumes IN
court as they were the best evidence
Il vas decided that the assessment
roll Of 1895 and 1897 was the last
assessment roll" in this case The diff
Guilty Is that the records OF the ONCE
are imperfect owing 70 the fact that
much data or leoss slips was destroyed
II the IRE and consequently 70 esrZb-
-ish whether & man has his nau1e on This
roll nay - hard matter IN this
argument Eeney rad The better OF the
discussion and showed himself % be ths
better prepared
At one point HensE suggested that
he and -ach each select man and that
The TWO go together 10 examine The
books II rh5 Office OF The Tax Collector
S1ort-5oge did not reply a. once and
Euef made q motion OF 6ssappros-al.
directing him 70 refuse
NJ Rusf objects said Heney-
beg yeur pardon. ! did not
quickly retorIe6 R8ef
But you did ! saw sou motion 70
Short-icgs. persisted IEeney-
Il Is the evident Intention of Ruef
70 delay the proceedings 70 the limit
To this point Shortr5dge ouixoticaIly
remarks that as 6rnieus curize il ! his
effort 70 see that the proceedings are
without 6zE.
Henev suggested that the court
might be able 70 determine what vas
competent evidence without the aid OF
is Curious Friend
The Judge then interrupted the ar
guUent by stating that he was "a very
busy man al this particular time and
asked Hensy 70 proceed al once with
he examination Of the jurors
FIRST JUROR EXAMINED.
The first 20 b. examined Was George
L Desly- Es claimed that he was on
The assessment roll, but the testimony
of John C. Corbett. the deputy Of
Washington Dodge rho had examined
the roll left his position IN doubt and
he vas one OF the jurors whose quail
ihceriens must Be determined by the
production OF 1he hooks II court
arthur 9 ToZne testified that he
vas 1or On the assessment roll and
MS statement vas substantsated BY
Corhett he was excused Rusf ap-
peared 70 De pleased
z J Gallagher was passed. bat
eUestio1s as 70 his bias. II they are
permitted. nay develop that be is
friendly 70 the accused
Z ? Rock. who was al one time
SuperTls0r- was not OF The assessment
roll ard he was excused.
? 4 Dwyer was on the roll and was
J. Britt thought he ought to have
been On The rel- but Corbets said that
he had fsfIed-o rr6 his na-z p
~
Herman H Young .EiIfvene6 the p-6-
ceedings when he was asked II he lad
been on jury within the year BY
asking Lsng5cn
How long IS i since you tried Col
ll1s2 But i appeared THAI he had been
drawn on special venire al that oc-
cssion- He was passed He is one OF
Lne partners Of the firm OF Young &
Swain
Nendle Rothenberg. liquor deai4-
and reported 70 b stauch Ruef nan.
was OF the roll and was passed.
Joseph Msgnin. whv is said 70 f4 Z
supporter of The boss. was not able 10
make Il clear that he owned taxable
property except as 2 member Of cor
poraTton- and II VIII be necessary 10
produce The books IN his case He was
questioned bF HeneE and then h.. scb-
who tried 20 help the young man oul
n his testimony.
James L Gordon Is another Of the
jurors whose qualifications will have
70 b proved by the production OF the
GREESBAUM To PASS.
Alfred Green5au-n claimed that he
had his tax receipt Corbett test545e5
that his nsuae was not on the roll. nuf
on the production Of The receipt he viii
be passed
Wallace c Wis= and Jeremiah Deasy
were bo-h on the roll and were ussseS
John F Twigs said that his taxable
property was IN firm which Al
though Il was incorporated had never
lived up 10 the terms Of tl-s snco-ro-
ration" and he opine6 thai IL was not 2
corporation. CoTbetI said that ne had
not found his name on the roll. and
i VIII be necessary 10 produce the
books in MS case
: H Daniels was IN the same cate
gorE
Rudolph M0hr. Charles Sonntag and
9 9 Burnett we're passed
Morris 4 Livingston. who Is z lsouo-
dealer was net eble 70 show that he
was on the roll. and recourse 70 the
BOOKS VIII De necessary IN his case
To sum up the two men who were ex-
cuseo are said 70 have no leaning To-
ward Rne1 OF The seven who are
q1eslaoIeo- four are reported 10 be
more OF less biased In favor Of R4ef-
The court adjourned until o'clock
today.