The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-14
JUROR JAILED FOR
 SOLICITING bR|bE Buford R. Gray Accused by
 Attorney White JURY IS DISMISSED Dramatic Scene in Judge Nesmith's Court as Attorney Tells Judge
 Juror Asked Him for
 Money

Buford B. Gray. a juror serving this week in the first division of the city court was sent to Jail for five days yes terday morning by Judge Nesmith for so- liciting a brlbe from an attorney em- ployed in the case in which he had been impaneled as juror
 The case on trial was the Spotwood Sand and Gravel company against Messrs. Brewer & Jones, general contractors. When court convened Thursday morning Frank S. White, Jr., one of the attorneys for the defense addressed the court and made the statement that he had been approached by q member of the jury who offered to accept s1oo to either bring in verdict for the defendant or make mis- trial of the case.
 Judge Nesmith demanded the name of the juror and MT. White pointed to Bu- ford R. Gray, who made a denial of the charge. Judge Nesmith stopped the trial of the case and took up the charges against Buford.
 White Tells Story
 MT White testified that on Thursday afternoon he was approached by Cray who started to talk about the case. The attorney stated that he told Gray that he could not discuss the case with him, and that the defendant replied that ire quently verdicts were bought in Jefferson county and that he proposed to be paid for his. Mir White told him he was mis- taken in his statement and that the juries of Jefferson county were not bought.
 Prince M. Brewer, member of the firm of Brewer & Jones, the defendants in the case, testified that Buford had talked to him in reference to being hired as a boilermaker.
 Gray denied emphatically that he had spoken to MT White and claimed he did not know him. He admitted speaking to MT Brewer
 Contempt of Court
 He was held in contempt of court by Judge Nesmith who gave him the limit and sentenced him to jail for five days, and as the jury had heard part of the testimony the entire jury was discharged and a new jury impaneled. Judge Ne smith announced that there was no refiec- ton on the other members of the jury, but that the law required new jury in like instances. A new jury was drawn and the case is still on trial.
 This makes three juries that have been drawn on the case at bar When the first jury was impaneled and the cases started one of the jurors was taken i'll and the
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