Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-09
JURY S FOUND 10 TRY BUTLER
Most of the Panel From Doug las Excused Because of
 Opinions,
lspecial to the RerleM ,.

tCpeCldl 10 the IleNfSA .l.
 TOMBSTONE. Dec. S.-The fi1st. business transacted by the district court this morning was the empanel- ling of the special venire of jurors. who were summond on yesterday tO report for duty this morning at nine O o'efock.sRs.. ..- ri-4s--sa s.,,.s- 9,
 After the members of the speciz; renire had retired to the body of the court room the trial of the case of the Territory ys. Fred Butler was taken up, which was contiRued from yesterday. The entire forenoon was taken up in the selecting of the jury, some forty odd yeniremen being ex- amined before the puanel was filed with jurors that were acceptable to both sides. Most of the members of the panel from Douglas were excused as they had formed opinions regard ing the guilt or innocence of the ao- cused, a number of others were ex- cused on account of their having scruples against the bringing in a yer dict of guilty where the punishment might be death. A few were disqua1i- fled on account of their race prejudice, but not as many as was expected. The examination of the jurors was gone into quite fully by the attorneys for the defendant, Messrs.. Gilm0i,, and Williams, while Assistant Dis trict Attorney Ross saw that the in- terests of the territory were well guarded.
 The following were finally accepted to try the case: Alfonso Peterson, Charles Busby. J. c. Bell, Tom Taafe H. c. Kendall, Frank Clark, Albert DesSaullss, 1T. S. Jones, sE.. P. Ryder H. NJ. Stanton, John Keller, John Al ward. ...-. George Leece. who on Saturday was found guilty of the crime of simple assault, committed on the per son of John Lanronde, was this morn l ing sentenced to serve term of sixty 1 days from date in tine county jail. Jury Civil Cases December 10 l An order was issued by the court fixing the afternoon of Thursday, De cember 10 gs the time for the calling of the civil jury cases for setting. The ! court wishes as many of the members of the bar present as have jury cases to be set for trial at this term O: the court. The call will be started at 1 l nal cases have now reached q stage where il can be definitely determincd 1 when the docket will be cleared anr7 the Cial Of civil jury eases taken up
 There are quite number of civil iury ! cases to be tried 9, this term of the court anG it will no doubt hold the trial jury over unyil the middle of January or about tlc tim that Tnt court will adjourn for the session Oi
 the supreme court.
 Applications for citizenshio.
 4 notice has also been sent ouI lo all the applicants for citizenship
 whose date for hearing was set up tt and prior to December 9, to be on
 hand on Monday, December IA, or else their application will be rejected No uCe was received by Clerk Wilcox from the department at Washington that these applications must be clear
 ed uD by this time or thai ih,' .r.,r- cations would be rejected Ih de Dartment at the present time mas thousands of these applications scat tered throughout the United States.
 and wishes to have the final papers
 made cut or the files cleared of the applications. It therefore is necessary for those who have filed applications here tc hn on hand by next Monday
 with their witnesses if they wish tC
 become citizens of the United States
 This does not include those who nave made application recently, and
 whose date has been set for some flu
 ture time beyond the 14th day of De
 cember, but includes all those who
 have not been given their final hear ing, which has been set for a date prior to December I4tn.