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Show JUROR JIBE IS ALLEGED TAKER OF ! BRIBES ATTRiALS, i j LOS ANGELES, Cal.. April 12. ' I William Goodwin, a negro, who was j serving on a Jury in the criminal "Ide-Ipartnient "Ide-Ipartnient of the superior court here since February 18, was arrested here last night charged with accepting a bribe in a case in which he is now 'serving. According to tho arresting officers, Goodwin accepted ,$80 in marked money from a brother of Oliver M. Towles, now being tried for manslaughter man-slaughter before a jury of which the arrested man was a member. The bribe was paid over after the brother had told tho district attorney that he had been approached by Goodwin, according ac-cording to the statement of tho district dis-trict attorney. Goodwin has served on a number of juries and It was said his arrest might cause new trials in several cases. According to the officers Goodwin Good-win told various persons that ho bad received about $1100 in all for favorable favor-able votes during his term of jury service. |