| Show GETTING JURORS five out of twenty secured from fro m the open ventre venire in IB the third court this morning the open venire for twenty jurors was wag returned two ot those served T G webber and J JA A groesbeck were excused the following answered to kneir names win H rowe thos B R ellerbeck JA J u li winder vinder jr P PW IV madsen jos A jennings James Dwyer H B jr J r alonzo young nelson empey daniel 8 spencer wm win L white while C AI donelson Done laon jr jeorge V F brooks L a S stills t john druce it 1 V F G T odell joshua midgley L S hills asked to be excused on the ground that lie he had been drawn on the petit jury within a year As this was on an open venire veni 1 e the court refused to release taw mm any other reason inquired judge J zane no responded ded mr air hills only I 1 DONT WANT TO take the oath which the court prescribes prescribed bed well well come to that after a while replied the judge air JM r peters examined the tal esmen as to their statutory mr W H rowe being called ou on farat to the question quent lon do you believe in the practice of polygamy mr rowe declined to give URY any answer IL aud the interrogations relative to thai doctrine were not pressed nor were ware they put to any of the others summoned the other ques lions were answered lybyer rowe and by ea each chLone one of the remaining seventeen clerk mcmillan then read the oath w ed by the court and distinguished aroa that framed uy voters by betas being known agthe political authorities 11 oath minus the introductory part it la Is at follows i i that I 1 will obey the acts of cong congress ress prohibiting hi polygamy bi bigamy unlawful cohabitation incest adultery aduf er an and adfor fornication ni cation that I 1 will not hereafter in any territory of the united states at any time in obedi ence to any alleged revelation or to any counsel advice or command from any source whatever wh ateer or oi i under any cir circumstances um enter into plural or polygamous marriage or have hae or take more wives than one or cohabit with more than oue one woman contrary to said laws that I 1 will not at any ady time hereafter directly or indi freetly aid or abet counsel or advise any pei person sou to lo have or take mure more wives than one or to cohabit with more than one vom woman or to commit incest adultery or for form canon meation contrary to said laws thal thai i 1 am not 1101 a big anast andst or polygamist that I 1 do not cohabit poly ga with persons person of the other sex bex and that I 1 have not been convicted of any of the offenses offen sos above mentioned mr rowe signified his willingness to subscribe to it thomas R Hi lerbeck when called doneald on Eald 1 I believe I 1 dont doni want to tike take the oath court that is not the question can caa YOU ou conscientiously take that oath mr ellerbeck I 1 prefer not to take i if did I 1 believe I 1 would keep it it at least I 1 WOULD TRY TO court you certainly should keep it it woul be a nood good thin thing can you conscientiously take it mr El lorbeck I 1 hardly know how to answer court coart you cannot refuse to take it to avoid jury duty you can refuse if you cannot take it conscientious mr ellerbeck I 1 dont think laih I 1 will I 1 will not bot take it 1 11 was excused J K R winder jr made no objection to subscribing to the conditions required P W madsen sald said id rather not take that oath court can you conscientiously take the oarb that is tor for you to determine mr madsen I 1 dont know about the future I 1 can take it today to day courtr if you can take it today to day do so it if you take it YOU MUST KEEP IT mr madden I 1 dont think ill tike it court do you say you cant take it conscientiously mr madsen no I 1 dont say that I 1 dont know about keeping it court well if you can take it conscientiously today to day it is your duty to do so mr madsen took the oath joseph A jennings also accepted it james dwyer was called and said 1 I cannot conscientiously v take that oath sir 11 court well you are excused H B clawson jr said he be could take it but after some consideration coa informed lat int ormed the court that he be could not do so conscientiously and was excused alocco young nelson A empey daniel S spencer Spence rC tit Do william L white L S hills gorge G fr orge urge F brooks john druce and joshua midgley took a similar position to that of mr dwer and were excused robert F nealen said judge I 1 can take that oath up to date but bat if I 1 take it now dow I 1 must close up my busi ness I 1 have no one to attend to my store I 1 am willingto do tae liae govi atra ment any service but my bread and cheese is at risk court well weil if that is the case you ar are e excy excused se d george T odell said jae he could take the oath an open venire was issued for a new list from which to select jurors |
