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Show By W.U. Teleiraph. THE FAIR CASE. San Francisco, June 2. The following follow-ing is a summary of the proceedings ir the Fair case to-day: The counsel foi defence moved for a new trial on thi grounds set forth in the affidavits, lie proceeded to read as follows : Mrs Mary G. Smith's affidavit sets fortl Mrs. Fair's good character previous t( her acfuaiutance with Crittenden; Mrs Fair charges that the jury, while at thi Lick House, heard people talk of thi ease, and that they were prejudicei against her by somebody telling then that she had said that they were a se of wretches, etc.; that Henry M Beach, ono of tho jurors, had beei strongly biased in advance, which fac ho denied iu being sworn when callei as a juror; that her trial was eonse quently null and void, etc. Theaffida vita of Cook and Quint, counsel for de fence, set forth in detail the question to Beach and his answers at his exam iuation as to his qualification as i juror; that of W. H. Tompkins set forth he knew her in Texas, in he childhood, and ever since, that Colonc Fair was a Mason, that she applied ii IS02 for relief as the widow of a Ma son, which application was refused Mrs. F'air also makes an affidavit to th same fact and says she cannot tel whether Beach was a member of th Masonic board of relief at that time o not. The point aimed at in this am several other affidavits, is to show tha Beach was a Mason and an ex-officii member of the Masonic board of re lief, was prejudiced against her on ac count of Crittenden being a Mason and suppressed facts and deniet opinions in order to get upon the jury The prosecution introduced an aifi davit ot Birch, in which he says thai on the loth of September, 1S70, hi went to Truckee as an employe of Mr Ward, of this city, to take charge o Mr. Burck halter's store, receiving thi money, while Mr. Burckhalter and Mr Gurly acted as salesmen, that the; were all in the store a greater part o the time; was introduced to Mrs Burckhalter and met her occasional!' in the store during business hours. I When he received the San Francisco ; papers he would glance at them has- j tily; remembered an account of th: shooting, but did not know Mr. Crit- j tenden or Mrs. Fair; did not read of; his death while there and never knew ; the difference between murder in the i 1 first and second degree till this trial; denies the use of language imputed to ' him or anything of like import: did! not form an opinion as to the guilt or j innocence of the accused; participated j . i in no conversation about the case; I I started for San Francisco on the ISth I of November; had no conversation I with Mrs. Welch about the case; took meals at her board; expressed no opin-, opin-, ion to Dr. Lyford; is a Freneh-1 Freneh-1 man and spoke but little with the ani-, ani-, aut: did not know Steinhart. He says : he knew that Mrs. Fair applied to the ! Masons for relief, but he aid not oppose op-pose it or use the language then at-i at-i attributed to him; was not a member of the particular body to which she ap-1 ap-1 plied; said he tried to avoid beini: a iuror, that he sympathized with Mrs. Fair during the trial and found a ver-- ver-- diet on the evidence in court and the : law without any bias or prejudice whatever, what-ever, and that he lost his business agency by being : obliged to serve as juror. Sheriff White and Deputy Sheriff Boyd, in affidavit, corro'oora:e the statement that Beach endeavored i to keep off the jury all he couid. i 1 Quint will make the opening argn-1 argn-1 ment in the petition of Mrs. Fair for . a new trial, to-morrow, confining ; himself wholly to the question of the ' eligibility of Jieach to act as a j uror. |