Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-17
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DON'T TALK TO LAWYERS,
JUDGE CAUTIONS JURY
Trial Body for January Term in De-
partmcnt Nine of the supe-
rior Court Is Im-
paneIed

After impaneling the term trial jury
for the January term in department nine
Of the superior court yesterday Judge
Bordweu cautioned the jurors about the
responsibility of their positions. He SAID:
81 desire to say word to you In
general way regarding services 10 pe
rendered by you You have been selected
out of a large number of names during
the year 1907 and you are regarded by
the judges of this court as especially ut
to serve upon the jury. 1t is part OF
the jurisprudence of this state, as OF
every state and of the federal courts,
that litigants may il they desire have
the assistance of a jury of twelve men
selected from the citizens and taxpayers
of the county to determine the issues OF
fact arising out of controversies that
must be determined by the court
while in attendance here you are
part of the machinery of the court and
the functions which are assigned to you
are of the utmost Importance. Your minds
must be as free as possible from all bias
or prejudice You should zealously watch
and guard against any event, association,
conversation, perusal of newspaper items
or other matter that might affect your
mind unconsciously.
Allow No Influence
''You must allow nothing to influence
YOU as to matters that come before you
except what is given to you under the
directions of the court in the court room.
.'In the past there has occasionally been
observed an inclination on the part OF
ilrymen in attendance on court duty and
of attorneys and others interested IN
cases to be tried before them to mingle
and freely associate together in friendly
and intimate manner when not actually
engaged in work in the court room. Dur
ing your term here you are enJoined TO
avoid this If when out of court. you
should not be recognized by members of
the bar with whom you have only
court room acquaintance, or receive from
them only very formal courtesies, you
must not regard this conduct on their
part as in the slightest degree indicating
a lack of cordiality or as indicating
feeling of superiority or anything of that
sort but rather as evidence that they
have a due appreciation of your position.
SHOULD any member of the bar appear
interested or make advances toward in
timacy because of your position here
while you are on jury duty your appre-
citation of the proprieties of the occasion
will suggest that you Immediately repel
him. and should he so far forget himself
as to annoy any of you by persistent
advances of such character you are
directed to report the matter to the court
and 1t shall have proper attention.
.'These remarks are not in the slightest
degree to be regarded by you as sug-
gestive Of the slightest want of conf
dence, but are delivered to you to re-
mind you that 1t is OF the utmost inn
portance that while engaged in the per
formance of your duties you should hold
aloof and guard yourselves against every
possible unconscious outside influence
with respect to matters with which you
must deal
The jury was then excused to return
January unless called sooner. In case
the calendar in department four cannot
be handled by the jury in that depart
ment the. Jury for department nine will
be called upon to help out.