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Juror Queries Defendant Identity In Yorkville Court
Legal oddity emerges when Juror R H Gilifilan asks Judge John S Wilson to name the plaintiff and the defendant in the Southern Railway v James Bros case. Witnesses and lawyers note it as an unprecedented juror question in York county court. The article recounts past tales of Madame du Barry and a quiz on intelligence tests among business men.
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Yorkville Enquirer
Court of Common Pleas
Comte Jean du Barry
York County
Louis
John 8S. Wilson
Comte Guillaume du Louis
Barry
The
Southern Railway
James Bros
Wilson
R. H. Gilifilan
John R. Hart
Robert Witherspoon
Yorkville
Edwin L.thorndik
Golumbia University
Columbia
Fred Kelley