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Show HUNTING APARTMENT, CAN'T SERVE ON JURY DETROIT The landlord-tenant business bus-iness is even interfering with justice, the handmaiden of Mercy, now, according accord-ing to an incident that came to light while Judge Adolph F. Marshner was hearing the reasons for being excused advanced by prospective jurors called for the May-June circuit court panel. Two hundred and forty-nine Wayne county voters crowded into the board of supervisor's room in the county building when court opened, and a thick crop of reasons flourished Into blossom. Farmers had to farm and sailors had to go down to the sea in ships, but one venireman had a new one: "Judge," he said, "I was just served with a notice to get out of my apartment. apart-ment. I'll have to scurry around for two or three weeks to find another place. I want to be let off from jury work this time, judge, you know how it is!" "You're excused," said Judge Marshner. Marsh-ner. "NexL" oo |