People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1895 — Fourteen Jurors to Be Sworn In. [ARTICLE]

Fourteen Jurors to Be Sworn In.

San Francisco, Cal., Aug. B.—District Attorney Barnes announces that for the purpose of avoiding delays that might arise from the sickness or death of jurors a jury of fourteen members will be impaneled to try Durrant. The two extra jurors will attend the trial, but will take no part in' formulating a verdict unless called upon to act as alternates. The law authorizing the swearing of extra jurors was passed two years ago.