Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-09
NAMES KEPT
OUT OF BOX,
JURYMAN
CLAIMS
Were Denied Rights,
Rev. Mr.. Stubble-
bine Says.
CLERK EXPLAINS HE
PUT LIST IN DESK
Mott Knew Nothing About
Mistake; Will Challenge
Them in Future.

Following the sensational charge of
Rev. Albert N. Stubblebine today that
Che jurors who found Roundsman J..
kellett, Patrolman Peter ]. King and
Special officer Thomas Lynch not
guilty of assault on February 28 had
their names removed from the jury
box after the trial, because their de-
cision was termed rank miscarriage
of Justice 1t was revealed that their
names We're. indeed reposing in the
drawer of clerks desk for week.
DR.. Stubblebine asks: Are the jurors
who are to serve on future juries to be
irtimidated by such methods and our
courts to be nullified?" He adds in his
letter to the editor of the Evening
STAR that it should be a matter of
Investigation
Clerk Forgot List.
When the jury in the now famous
Szeceszyn case brought in its verdict
of not guilty at 6 o'clock in the eve
ming of February % the juror slips
with their names on were placed in
the desk of the clerk of the court
Until the day before yesterday. one
week later. no criminal jury was drawn
in Part l.. and none until Wednesday.
March 6, in Part II.
Prosecutor Denies Intent.
Then one of the men on the Szeceszyn
panel complained to Frank e. Taylor.
clerk of the Supreme Court, that the
names of the twelve jurors were
strangely missing whenever jury
was drawn in the civil court. Taylor re-
Z ported the matter to Under Sheriff
To ITxyIo nd sx,xy = k4<.,,s
vealed the missing slips. Since no
criminal jury had been drawn during
the week, no trial was invalidated.
II know nothing about 1t" said
Prosecutor Mott today "Of course.
those Jurors who served in Szeceszyn
case would not serve in any of
our criminal trials, if I could help it.
/ would challenge them, every one.
But nothing was Intentionally done to
keep their names from being drawn.p~
DR.. Stubblebine's Letter.
The letter of DR.. Stubblebine follows
in full:
To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Twelve men, who were selected from
the panel of 125 men to serve as Jurors
in the case of the State against the
defendants Policemen King and Kelett
and Night Watchman Lynch, have
been grievously called into question for
rendering a verdict of mot guilty of
indictments according to evidence
These twelve men were finally chosen
after both the state and defense"
had exhausted their challenges. Such
expressions as rotten" and ''the
grossest miscarriage of justice" and
other characterizations have been made
rejecting on the honesty and credibil-
ity of these twelve jurors. In addition
to such statements, which might be
passed over, an apparent attempt has
been made to deprive these twelve jur-
ors of their rights and privilege as
jurors during their term of service by
keeping their names out of the "boX." +"
1t was current around the Court House
on the morning following the acquittal
of the defendants that not one of those
twelve void serve as jurors on any
criminal case while on the panel.
This seems somewhat unusual to
these unipitiated jurors and apparently
an impossibility.
But Thursday and Friday passed and
none of the twelve were called. We
thought that might be natural. But on
Monday the statement was more gen.
eral that these twelve would not be
called. So tally was kept by the
writer to get line on the play. Mon
Continued Second Pagc.)