The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-15

was objecting to the form of the question.
 In this connection, Judge Inglis sustained him, after hearing hi; viewpoint.
 That question assumes it is $ fact" Chat Golden got $8,00O ht said, land it is hardly proper to as sure that. You are assuming some thing which may or may not be z fact" he said to MT. Alcorn.
 The question was then revampee by the prosecutor.
 Do. you know it is claimed that Golden got $8,000?" he directed tc the venireman.
 "No," was the reply.
 Did you ever hear of Carl Ol- sen?" he asked.
 "The only Olsen I ever know was travelling salesman I had connec. tions with" was the reioinder.
 Did you ever talk with Golden Murphy or Fitzgerald about thi. matter?"
 "No, sir"
 Having in mind these facts" saic Alcorn, don't you think it would bt embarrassing for, you to server"
 ''No, sir," was the reply. T don see why it should" l He then denied, when questioned by Alcorn further, that he kneV Levy or Alderman.
 State Excused Him
 The state excused the man aftel he was questioned briefly by Attor. ney Cassidy. He admitted that ht was 8 registered Republican and { deputy Republican registrar.
 Irving H. Beckwith of Guilford, z carpenter, followed Chase on tht stand. He was excused by the court when he admitted having an opin. ion which would require evidence tt remove.
 Another Is Dismissed
 The state dismissed Myer Stode of New Haven, retired post of flee worker, who said that he ha known Attorney Slade from his boy hood days. The defense asked nt questions.
 No questions were asked by eithe, side in the case of c. Homer Pulvel of Milford. The defense accepted bu; the state dismissed. Pulver is al accountant.
 Mrs. Asa M. Carroll of Beacor Falls, a widow, was excused by tht court when she admitted having al opinion.
 Rapid Fire Order I Tn rapid order then, Gordol Knowlton of Middlebury was ex cused by the court because he ha an opinion, and John J. Doyle o Meriden was also excused by tn court, but for a different reason. HI is employed by a Meriden news paper, which was represented b. Prosecutor Alcorn in a recent civi action.
 Mrs. Maynard, the 14th venire man of the day, the 162nd since the trial started, the eighth jurol accepted, followed MT. Doyle.
 Charles G. Boynton of Cheshire was excused by the defense aftel brief questioning. He said that hi son has been member of the legis' latJlre for three terms.
 Excused By Court
 Nelson J. Peck of Bethany wa! excused by the court when he ad' mitted having an opinion. LeRoy B. ClarH of Hamden, a former Wa. terburian, was challenged by tht state, following Peck.
 Omar Nickerson, the next venire. man, was now questioned, and wa! finally challenged by the defense.
 Herman Herman of Hamden who has read about the case, but has no opinion, was not questioned by the defense. He was excused by the state.
 Elizabeth Davis of Guilford was questioned by neither side. The defense challenged. Relative of Purcell
 John Casper of Naugatuck, a rel ative by marriage to James Purcell an accountant in the local control ler's office, said that he would rather not serve and was excused by the court. Purcell is expected to be an important state witness in the trial,
 John Kieper of Prospect, a car- penter, was excused by the court after counsel for the defense and state reached an agreement con- cerning him.
 Meriden Man Challenged
 Joseph w. Ahern of Meriden, a Democrat and Roman Catholic, was challenged by the state. After At- torney Slade asked the question con- corning Ahern's religion, Attorney Alcorn said that the religion made no difference to the state and that was not the reason for the chal- lenge.
 Slade objected to the statement, but Jude Inglis allowed it.
 Alcorn said it was made to meet the purpose behind the asking of the religious question by Slade.
 Richard w. Brennan of West Ha- ven was excused by the state af- ter state and defense had declined to question him.
 66 In New Panel
 Sixty-six veniremen remained in the new panel at the close of yester- days session. The seventh juror for the trial, Hiram D. w. Darlington, 52, Bethany farmer was selected yesterday at $40 o'clock.
 Seventeen were examined during the session, five in the morning and 12 in the afternoon. Darlington was the 18th venireman examined since last Thursday afternoon when Ed