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Because Sheriff Charles Dinger appears as the prosecutor in the case and therefore was held to have a disqualifying interest, the court late Thursday afternoon ordered that the special venire for a new panel of 30 jurors wh'ch was issued in the trial of the case of Charley Mack and Peter Montebello for the murder of Joseph Coyle, of Kittanning, while acting as a deputy sheriff at Loechburg last month, be placed in the hands of Coroner if. I. Stone to be executed. It was the first time in years that such a proceeding was necessary. Armed with the special venire. Coroner Stone reluctantingly started out early Thursday evening: in search of prospective jurors arid he hud a difficult time of it.The case was called for trial about eleven o'clrx’k Thursday morning: and when the adjournment was taken late i that day the entire panel summoned for the week was exhausted and eight jurors had been accepted and sworn. Of that number several were from the jury that sat on the murder case from Dayton which was on trial during the , first three days of the week.When court convened Friday mom- | ing the work of selecting the jury was i resumed. fThe selection of the jury was com-Ideted shortly after ten o'clock. Fol- owing were the twelve men chosen: iF, (I. Altman .tool dre.sger, South Bend; (I. W . B rod head, retired, Kittun- , ning; W. A. Coleman, farmer, South Bend; Jacob C, (‘oilier, famier. Boggs; , G. W. Lynch, farmer. Perry; G. (*. M illiron, farmer. Mahoning; J. W. Movers, farmer, I’lumcrcek; James H. . McKinney, fanner, Cowanshannock; Ben. F. Ambrose, clerk, Kittanning; I
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Kittanning Simpsons Daily Leader
Kittanning, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Dec 19, 1919
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