The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-10-29
SHOWS
OPPOSITION ITO
COURT RULINGS
CLARENCE DARRoW, CHIEF coUN-
Sci FOR M'NAMARAs, Ex-
TREMELY DISSATISFIED.
Questions of Opinion as to Cause of
Times Explosion and Attitude To-
ward Unions, Bones of Much Con-
tention.
tention.

Los Angeles, Oct. 2S.-Judge Bord.
well today decided a 'four-days con
troversy over Talesman A. G. Winter
in the Mcnamara murder trial, by re
| fusing to excuse Winter from jury
service. The defense challenged Win
ter after he had said that he had g
fixed opinion as to the guilt or inno-
cence of the defendant.
The judge also retained Walter N
Frampton, who was challenged late
yesterday by the defense because he
said he believed that labor unions
blew up The Times building, and that
John ]. and James B. Mcnamara were
guilty of the deed.
Attorneys Displeased.
When the Mcnamara murder trial
opened today, it was evident that a
little cloud of dissatisfaction among
counsel for the defense, first visible
only few days ago, had reached suf-
ficient proportions to overshadow
most other interests among specta-
tors. ,.a..sa
Rulings by Judge Bordwell on
Talesman A. G. Winter, challenged for
cause by the defense four days ago,
and on Talesman Walter N. Frampton
also under challenge by the defense,
were eagerly awaited by counsel rep
resenting James B. Mcnamara, the
defendant, but neither ruling, from the
N at11ra Of tba oacoc oouId firth or iohf
on the insistent contention of the de-
fense that the court should rule i'm
mediately after such challenges are
made.
Darrow ResentfuI.
This Judge Bordwell declined to DC
yesterday afternoon in the case of
Champion, and Clarence S. Darrow, the
chief of the counsel for the defense
temporarily refused to go on with the
case until District Attorney John D.
Fredericks had demanded that the
court proceed in the selection of jur.
ors. Then Darrow, under direction OF
the case, continued his examination.
Demand for immediate ruling by the
court formed the second step by the
defense in seeking to alter conditions
governing examination of talesmen
which obtained at the beginning of the
trial and are usual in Los Angeles
I county, although not in all cases spe-
Gifted by statute.
Defense Accepts Lee.
Except for Judge Bordwell' S rulings
the examination of Talesman T. J. Lee
by the state, was the first thing on the
program after court opened. Lee was
accepted as to cause by the defense
late yesterday. He was doubtful, he
said, if The Times explosion had been
caused by dynamite, and he had seen
a good many dynamite explosions
| With this basis Assistant District At
| torney Horton continued Lees exam
ination, to see if his belief was based
on anything except newspaper re-
ports, rumor and common gossip.
If it was not, Lee could not be chal-
lenged on that ground because these
| sources Of belief are exempted by
| statute. If, however, other sources
could be shown, he was liable to chal
| lenge Under Horizons examination
Lee said he had visited the scene oi
| The Times explosion half dozen times
but never got very near the building
He went, he said, to confirm his be-
lief that the building was not wrecked
through dynamite. He said he was
doubtful as to what did cause the ex
plosion.