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Last week Mr. Hayes's lawyers fought tooth & nail to save him by querying prospective jurors so closely that, after three weeks, they had accepted only eight out of a venire panel of 200.
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Trial No. 3 was adjourned due to an irregularity in the venire rolls.
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During the Hauptmann trial, she circularized the Hunterdon County, N. J. venire rolls with a long fantasy to prove the alien carpenter innocent.
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A special venire of 150 was called; only 65 appeared; 37 asked to be excused; 14 were excused for cause; and Mr. Darrow, carefully eyeing the small remainder, peremptorily challenged two of them.
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On Tuesday morning, March 22, the benches were occupied exclusively by the all-male venire of Finney County residents from which a jury was to be selected.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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"The Cask of Amontillado"
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