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Show Perfectly Unprejudiced. Here the judge took a hand in examining ex-amining the veniremen. "You don't seem to understand the Question addressed to you by the attorneys," at-torneys," he said. "What they want to know is whether you have formed or expressed any opinion in this case. That is to say, have you told anybody whether or not you believe the defendant de-fendant guilty of the crime charged against him, or have you said to anybody any-body that you believe him to- be innocent?" inno-cent?" " 'Course not, Judge," answered the venireman; "it ain't necessary fur me to 'xpress no opinion about him. I've knowed him fur thirty years, an' I know blame well he stole the cow " "That will do, Mr. Skiles. You may stand aside." |