The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-31
ATTORNEY FOR
CALHOUN TRIES
HIS OLD TRICK
Stanley Moore Is Checked by
Judge LawIOr for Putting
Improper Question
Sixteen TaIesmen Are Exam
ined During Day Without a
Juror Being Accepted

The regulars" in the audience at
the Calhoun trial suddenly bent for
ward with eager mien yesterday morn
ing, each gray beard stilled with ex-
pectancy. as back through the dry
DAYS and pickering Iisuessness of these
hrst two weeks of the railway mag
mates second ordeal came a sweet.
familiar echo OF the first Calhoun
trial Stanley Moore again was mis-
stating the law.
And. what made the reminder of
those days more poignant with JOY,
Moore threw the tainted question at
a talesman cleverly wrapped, as quin-
inc in its sugar coating, in one of the
most conventional and oft repeated
queries directed at the prospective
jurors by the defense.
When Talesman Edgar F. Ball. a
businessman employed in a responsible
capacity with the c. G. Morse seed
company. without reserve said that he
could not but be prejudiced in
favor Of the prosecution and Calhoun
had not dared 10 say a word in his
defense in the first trial, perceptible
wave Of annoyance swept throughout
Inc length and breadth of the Calhoun
legal array, for one of their favorite
statements 10 talesmen. and a point
they make much Of. is that the law
does not require defendant TO prove
his innocence or say one word for
himself. but calls upon the district at
torney to prove conclusively the de-
PENDANTS guilt
MOORE QUICKLY REEVES
The various attorneys were hit hard,
each and every one, bUt their leader.
stanley Moore. thought to lead them
10 victory with the next talesman.
Arthur :. Mangrum.
Do YOU understand" Moore said
without preliminary that the law
does not require the defendant. unless
a case is made out against him, to
put in word Of evidence?"
Judge Lawlor caught the phrase
wrapped up in the innocent cover of
conventional words and at once
branded the question as Improper
When the query was put again the
clause, unless a case is made out
against him." was dropped.
Taiesman john. =. A. Patterson was
finally examined and excused vester-
DAY, after a long grilIing by the de-
Tense attorneys. Patterson first ap-
lEdLEM IN lllt case three NdAS ago. he
declared he was fair in all particulars
but at the end of the examination the
defense challenged. alleging that the
talesman had stated he thought the
supervisors had been bribed This
Ian gdon denied, and Judge LawloI
produced the testimony yesterday
morning. Stanley Moore aroused the
curiosity OF those present at this june
ture by declaring that he wished TO
n.
cred since the first examination. Moore
directed = series of questions at him
regarding 4 streetcar accident in which
the tslesman's brother, George w. II.
Patterson, had been concerned.
BROTHER HURT By CAR
Moore ELECTED the admission that the
tslesman's brother had been crushed
and bruised in the accident, which oc-
CURED at Fourteenth and Guerrero
streets and had lost his damage suit
against the United Railroads. Patter-
son declared that he knew little OF
the accident. however. and not even
how it had occurred.
Judge Lawlor, seeking TO make an
end Of the interminable discussion
himself directed few questions al
the talesman.
Are you prepared to say" his honor
asked. that the circumstance of your
brother having sustained the serious
injury YOU have described would not
in any manner enter into your mind2'
1T would not" Patterson said. y
am not going TO convict an innocent
man for my own good or any one else's
Nor am ] going TO let a guilty man
escape under the same conditions
That's the way I understand it.
They can get nearer home TO me
than that. II they want TO fight me
they can tackle me personally. The
streetcar accident is not the real rea-
son they want to attack me. There
is something nearer than that"
District Attorney Langdon at this
point stated that he believed it would
be IN the interests Of justice to dismis:
the talesman.
Ia all l6 talesmen were examined
bN the attorneys for both sides yes
terdav and excused. Judge LawIol
personally excused 81 veniremen. This
morning al $3.50 o'clock q new venirs