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       Ben Waterman Excused From Jury Duty Due To His Prejudice Toward
       The Defendant
   DIR By: HowBrown1953
       Date: October 4, 2026, 10:34 am
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       Hey, at least he was honest!  ;D\
       This is either the second or third trial mentioning one of the
       members of the Ali jury.
       New York Herald
       September 22, 1892
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       SEVEN JURORS SELECTED.   Panel of 200 Talesmen Exhausted in the
       Webster Murder Trial—Few Objectors to Racing.
       Burton C. Webster was twice told yesterday to rise from his
       seat in the Court of Oyer and Terminer and look at a juror
       who was taking an oath to pass on his case without fear or
       favor, without prejudice or favoritism.   During the day's
       session
       of the court before Judge Ingraham, only two men were selected
       to take seats in the jury box with the five men weeded
       out of the crowd of talesmen on Tuesday.   The panel of 200
       talesmen was exhausted before the time fixed for adjournment
       was reached, obliging Judge Ingraham to put off the case until
       to-day, when another panel of 200 men has been
       summoned to appear.   Many of the men on the first panel were
       excused by the Court on account of to-day being a
       Jewish festival. Of the panel, ninety-five men were examined and
       eighty-eight rejected. Fines will be imposed on all
       those who failed to answer when their names were called. There
       have been twenty-five peremptory challenges,
       fourteen for the defense and eleven for the prosecution.
       A JUROR IN "FRENCHY'S" CASE.   A talesman examined was Benjamin
       Waterman, of No. 161 East Sixty-fifth Street,
       who was a member of the jury that convicted Ben Ali, the
       Algerian known as "Frenchy," of the murder of "Old Shakespeare."
       Mr. Waterman confessed having formed a prejudice against
       Webster and he was excused.
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