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Show CROOKED WORK IN CHICAGO COURTS Chicago, Aug. 16. Declaring from the bench that "crooked work is being done." Judge Kersten today dismissed a panel of 100 veniremen called in the case of the retrial of lee O'Neil Browne. Swan Dahlberg, one of the panel, declared that some one had spoken to hi mof the case Judge Kersten ordered or-dered an investigation and expressed the opluion that all the veniremen had been approached. He refused to lay the blame on either side. State's attorney Wayman hotly refuted re-futed the declaration that enircmen had been approached in the interest of some third party involved in tho case, saying the defense has been systematically sys-tematically approaching veniremen Judge Kersten. questioning tho veniremen separately, asked them if they had been approached, -Nearly every one answered "Yes." All were taken to the state's attorney's office.. |