The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-18
PART OF HARG|S JURY
HAS BEEN ACCEPTED
Trial of Patricide To Begin This At
tern0on or Saturday
Morning.

defense having exhausted seven OF
its fifteen peremptory challenges and
the prosecution three of its five the
selection of the jury to sit in fnal
judgment on Beach Hargis, on trial
for the murder of his father, pro-
ceeded without incident during the
sessions of court yesterday, and al
adjournment five duly qualified jul
rors had been finally accepted by
both sides and the task probably viii
be completed tomorrow. X, 4, s.
The work of securing the jury be-
gan Immediately upon the convenine
of court this morning and by II
o'clock the regular panel of twenty
four men had been exhausted and OF
this number ten were excused be-
cause they had formed and express
ed an opinion regarding the guilt
or innocence of the accused.
OF the remainder three were ex-
-cused by the prosecution on peremp-
tory challenges and eleven had quail
lied and been accepted by the Com
monwealth. At this juncture A. F.
Byrd, for the prosecution, made a
motion that the names of the mel
to complete the jury be drawn from
the jury wheel and as no objection
was made to this procedure by the
defense, Judge Adams drew fit,
names from the wheel and instructed
the Sheriff to have the men In court
this morning.
Upon examination by the Sheriff
OF the names drawn it was found that
several OF them were already in town
and on order to facilitate matters
Judge Adams convened court during
the afternoon and permitted the at
torneys to examine the talesmen.
Prosecution Accepts Jury.
Only five prospective jurors out of
the fifty We're found in town, how
ever, and it only required a short
time to examine them. OF the first
three two were excused for cause
and the other qualified and the jury
box was again filed. The prosecu-
ton refused to exercise another of
its peremptory challenges and ac-
cepted the twelve men. -. -s
The defense, however, was not as
generous and, after spending half
an hour in private conversation with
the defendant, Judge Redwine and
associate counsel, returned to the
court room, and excused seven of
the twelve on peremptory challenges.
This left only five jurors in the box
accepted by both sides, and the re-
naming two men whose names were
drawn from the wheel were examined
Both Of these men qualified but are
yet subject to challenge by both
sides, and their fate will be known
after the box is again filed this
morning. If the remaining jurors
are secured with the same speed as
the five accepted today it is likely
that the taking Of testimony will be-
gin at the afternoon session today,
AT any rate, it seems that the first
witness will be called not later than
Saturday morning and every effort
will be made to finish the trial before
Christmas day.
This is scarcely hoped for, how
ever, by those engaged in the trial
and it is the belief of many of them
that the case will drag along during
the Christmas holidays, and that il
viii be some time close to New Years
day before a verdict is reached. The
five jurors so far finally accepted by
both sides are:
Gentry Richardson, William Witt
Simpson Curry, w. T. Blackwell and
Travis Daniels. The two qualified
jurors yet subject to peremptory
challenge by both sides are T. J.
Witt and HI. B. Garrett.