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Show JUDGE 1 FLEET DENOUNCESA JUROR Sentence of Maury I. Diggs and Drew Caminetti Postponed Post-poned Until Monday. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 10. Twelve men were chosen today to try' Maury I. Dlggs, former state architect, and Attorney At-torney Charles B. Harris of Sacramento on a charge of subornation of perjury growing out of the white slave case In which Dlggs was recently convicted. Thc taking of testimony will be begun tomorrow. to-morrow. "We should bo able to rest our case by 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon," said Prosecutor Matt Sullivan tonlghL "Miss Marsha Warrington and Miss Nellie Bar ton will bo the chief witnesses for the government." The prosecution will attempt to prove that Dlggs and his attorney. Harris, asked Miss Bartoa to intercede with her friend, Marsha Warrington, following the Dlggs-Camlnetti flight to Reno, with a ylew to having Miss Warrington so color her testimony that Dlggs might escapo conviction under the Mann act. At tho request of counsel for both sides sentence on Dlgga and F. Drew Caminetti. also convicted, was postponed as had been expected, until next Mondav. William A. Holster, the Juror who votod Caminetti guilty and then denounced the verdict as a disgrace, was haled before Judge Van Fleet and severely reprf-manded. reprf-manded. "You are absolutely unfit to sit with Intelligent In-telligent Jurors where a man's liberty Is at stake." the court told him. Holster apologized abjectly. "Did you say you believed Caminetti innocent and that you did not want to convict him?" asked Judge Van Fleet. "Yes. sir; I did," anirwered HelBtor, "I only voted to convict him becauso you told me to." "Do you moan to say," pursued Judge Van Fleet, "that this court ever told you to convict Caminetti or anyone cIhc?" "That Is what r understood you to mean," Insisted llelster. "It is on the contention that Judgo Van Fleet's charge to tho Jury was biased that the defense Is seeking an appeal. |