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THURSDAY’S PROCEEDINGS.MORIOKe 8BS8ION.The Turners concerned iq the affray in Covington, on the 12fh of May last, were present at the Circuit Court of Camobell countv. in NewDori.yesterday, for trfaT.' The case was originally setfor trial at the Keoton County Court, in Covington, but the venue was changed on the application of the defense. The total number of personsheld for trial is thirty-five. The case was called up in the Newport Court House, yesterday, beforeJudge Moore. The prosecution was conducted by the Prosecuting Attorney of thg Ninth Judicial District of Kentucky, W. E. Arthur, assisted by the Prosecuting Attorney of the county, George P. Webster, and by E? Phelps, Esq., of Covington. For the defendants appeared Judge Stallo, John W. Stevenson, Esq., of Covington, and Messrs. Ira Root and F. M. Webster, of Newport.The Counsel for the defense anntied for a sev-that a single individual of the aocusedmight first be put on trial. The application granted, and Captain Frederick Mueller was lected to be first tried.Great caution was exercised in the choice of a jury—the defense evidently wished to keep men of Know-Nothing proclivities away. The prosecution were equally careful with respect to anyperson connected with the Society of Turners.— Forty different persons were examiued before a jury was formed. Those who bad not “read the naners” evidently stood a better chance of becoming members “of the intelligent jury” than those who had. An Irishman, who was dressed like a bog killer, fully came up to the requirements, sofar as not having read the newspaper reports, or formed any opinion of the case from them, was concerned,but an unfortunate admission that he ‘‘believed nothing he did not see,” caused his exclu -sion.The iurv beinz f sworni *_____j r_____u ir____lit.
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Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Sat, Feb 14, 1857
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