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Show CITES SNORE IN PLEA FOR A NEW TRIAL "Loud and Raucous" Is Description of Manner in Which Juror Performed Per-formed the Rite. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. May 2J. "A loud and raucous snore" rormed tho basis ba-sis for a motion for a now trial filed today in behalf of Lee R5al, alloged head of a national bunko syndicate, who was convicted laat week of having swindled swin-dled G. P. lrlesz, nn Illinois farmer, out of $5000 through a fakod horse race. Tho defendant asserts ho was not given a fair trial because a juror, George IT. Pock, a millionaire, realty operator of San Pedro, fell asleep and snored repeatedly re-peatedly during the proceeding of the case, despite apparent efforts to keep awako by chewing gum and fanning himself. It was asserted that on a single day Peck fell asleep as many as thirteen times. |