Show FIG HI OVER SELECTION UI of J JURY DRY BEUN Court Hears Argument as t to vo o Eligibility of First Examined in Trial of J. J B. B MeN McNamara amara at Los Angeles Z T. T NELSON CHALLENGED BY DEFENSE FOR CAUSE Admitted He H Had d F Formed Opinion Regarding Guilt of Defendant Which It It Would Take Evidence to Remove PRISONER UNDER SCRUTINY X New S Service Ser n-Ic n liT Ity International eun T O OS GI L Cal nl Oct Jet in Ex EX- EX L Lo of I T. T unit nn no castling le legal nl tint lint tI tie Ic b t eu opposing M its II M to liln liIs qualificatIons nn IM n fl Juror occupied 1 nil all of ot th the second luy Iou In the thc case cne of James II avith Ith th the murder of Charles one Inc of the the- nineteen victims of tb the I 1011 oa I Angeles rc o n a liy h the Timen Time n brought Into toto court courtat nt at th the morning session NIlon fo for the pur pose It IN Is said of identifying am- am sm The he utano utmost I cr c was VIUM u maintained main main- d h hy by the district attorney regardIng regard regard- In InK Ing the of or thin this IdentIfIcatIon IIron D who hi was oN nn accompanied by Assistant AM- AM District Ford took n R sent nent at nt the desk denk and for fully ten en clo dourly closely I 11 the he cI de- de feature told Attorney Darrow that Brown had hall been brought Into the court room for tor the purpose of Identifying Identifying lying him but added that he did not know Brown and that he had never neverseen neverseen seen him before After Aller watching watching- McNamara McNamara Mc- Mc Namara amara for tor ten minutes Brown nodded to Ford and the they left the court room to together ether Browns Brown's appearance in court was wa taken to indicate that the state will try tn to prove that J J. J B B. McNamara was seen near the Times building a a. short time before betoTe the explosion Admitted d Prejudice The le legal al battle batlle over o the Hons of at Nelson to serve servo as asi i uror came after an nn hour hourt ing at the morning morning- 1 au ad I formed ar an r regarding the cause e eit of it the Times s disaster anti and as M to the tho guilt of the defendant Leading up ii to this climax Attorney Lecompte DAvis risked asked the f If he could give ghe James B. B McNamara rn a a n. fair and Impartial trial Nelson salt said he believed he ho could but when another question al along n thc same line was propounded propounded propounded pro pro- pounded he admitted he lie iva wa prejudiced to a certain extent With Ith this admission the defense sc put still another question Il along the same line but clothed In different verbiage If It you ou ere lre a member of or organized labor and were h hero here ro on trial for Cor your our life as this man Is and a man mm In your our state of oC mind was called Upon to act a aa as ag aga asa a Juror on un this ca case e. e do you ou think he would give Ivo you rou a fair Calr and impartial he hearing an a g Nelson NelMon replied that ho didn't know without some evidence p. Then you rou have ha an opinion which would require evidence to Lo remove remo removeD The answer was Y Ys s. s Tho rho all alleged ed confession lon of or Ortle Mc- Mc Manigal was then broucht Into the evidence e Attorney Davis asked Nolon Nol Nol- clon cl- cl SOn on If he had ever eer read Ic testimony given II before the grand Jury jur and published d In the tho Los his Angeles pa pit pit- pors pers The said ald he had hail not After having ln ll firmly established the fact tact that the prospective Juror held an opinion the defense e learned It had existed from four tour to five rive months oro you yell ou willing and anxious to form orm that opinion he lie was asked I 1 cannot say that I 1 was I 1 formed tho the opinion from rom reading newspaper accounts of or the explosion and from common talk Then It would take evidence to tore tore- ro- ro move mo that opinion ask asked ell Attorney Davis Yes and andery very ery strong strong- evidence re reI replIed replied re- re plied d Nelson elson This stat statement ment brought forth orth a I challenge from tho the defense and the legal battle which occupied the re reI remainder remainder re- re of ot the days day's session and will I Continued on OD I |