The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-11-28

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After five days Of hard work oy
eoansei i5r both the state and the de-
tense le task Of selecting a jury 20
try the senltentlary cases was com
pleiei At 4.2o o'clock Friday af,er-
noon aad iin members we're 1T once
sworn in by the acting district clerk.
Rarely. If ever before. in the History
a judicial proceedines In this county
has the examination or vcniremen for
jury duty beea contacted as thorough
ly aad cautiously as vas done ia this
case and the members OF the panel
should enter upon their labors without
prejudice predileetion OF partlality 20
Tar as the matters at issue are con
oerHed
n addition to the original yenire
OF sixty talesmen three supplemen-
tary drafts Of special venIfemen had
10 be made before jury was finally
agreed upon by both sides. The men
summoned for examination as possl-
Sic juross represented every part o.
the county and were among its best
asa most substantial citizens They
represented nearly every industry
ANIL line Unemployment known TO our
people and that they were not ac5ept-
able as jurors IN these particular
cases was not in any way discredit-
able to them as individuals. \ wide
lautude is allowed by law for the
excuse OF taiesmen as jurors and the
man vino could run the gamut OF the
reasons suggested by attorneys in such
cases as the one on trial here IS an
exception TO the general rule.
After the oath had been administer.
ed to the jury instructions we're given
its members by the court for their
guidance and demeanor pending a de-
termination OF the case they had been
selected 10 try. The attorney general
suggested that the usual procedure
in such cases be their rule OF conduct
and that no unnecessary restrictions
be thrown about them. Judge Wilkln
defined clearly the duties imposed up
on them by the oath they had taken
and gave them some kindly, but perth
nent advice. He told them that they
would be permitted to go to their
homes during the trial OF the case
when court was not in session. except
when they retired at It's conclusion to
discuss the evidence and the law sn
their efforts TO agree upon a verdict.
They must not. he said. discuss the
ease with their wives and families, or
anybody else. nor must they read
about IL in the newspapers. II they
should see the headlines in news
paper referring to the case they must
at once uirn their attention TO some
other subject, or better still, lay aside
the paper. They must consider .iA
case solely upon the evidence to be
submitted at the trial and must L,
aside everything tha. would Infiu nee
them one way or another.
When argument was maze before
the courz d Few weeks ago By counsel
on the motion for a more explicit bill
of particulars Judge wilkin expressed
the hope that the trial OF this case
would be judicial one. rather than
one by the press OF the state and some
criticism WAS made o. the somewhat
Sensational and hystcrical manner in
which the Denver newspapers treat
such matters. The publication OF the
news was all right. said Judge wilkin.
but the printing OF warped and dis
tortsd opinions and deductions, was
wrong and should be discontinued.
The forecasting of evidence and the
probable action OF the court ON any
question that may arise in the prose
cution OF cases is not the province or