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Show ELEVEN MARIS JUR0R5JN BOX Murder Case Halts While Twenty Additional Talesmen Tales-men Are Obtained. XEPHI. Oct. 3. With eleven men in the jury box in the Harris murder mur-der case passed by the prosecution and the- defense, a venire was issued this afternoon for twenty additional talesmen, tales-men, returnable Monday, and the case went over until that time. JJurins today's proceedings one .iuror was excused for bias, having formed an opinion as to the merits of the case, and I another was excused because he did not J believe in capital punishment. The defense today notified the prosecution prosecu-tion that Mrs. Alice J. Karris and her sons, the defendants in the case, desired to have twenty witnesses summoned at the expense of the state in their behalf. An affidavit setting out the reasons for the request doubtless will be made Monday, Mon-day, after which the order is expected to be made by the court. Up to the adjournment of court this afternoon the prosecution and defense had j each used three of their ten peremptory challenges, leaving seven each which may be exercised. |