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TWELVE GOOD MEN AND TRUE

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THE JURY SECURED IN THE SHEEDY CASE.

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Juror Norton Discovered to Have Talked Himself Into a Bad Predicament.

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He [Saw?] $ in the Position of Juror Opening Statements of What the Respective Attorneys Anticipate Their Ability to Prove.

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The Testimony to Begin To day,

There were few spectators present yesterday morning when court opened in the Sheedy murder case. Mrs. Sheely had come in escorted only by Mr. [Biggenting?], the wealthy old uncle from Boise City, and her sister, Mrs. Morgan, the other sisters, Mrs. Dean and Mrs. [Barber?], being a trifle late in arriving at the court house. Monday McFarland found the escort of Jailer Langdon good enough for him.

Mrs. Sheedy was somewhat more nervous than at any previous time since the trial, and Monday preserved his usual [??] gravity throughout.

The first hour of work in completing the panel of jurors was dull enough, but at the end of that time the lively scenes forshadowed in THE JOURNAL of Sunday morning began to dawn in the procedings, [rather?] the promise thereof after over an hour of consultations among all of the attorneys, during which time the court and attendants were [?] and the spectators were perplexed and impatient, the first extra sensational feature of the trial was sprung in the sworn charges preferred against Juror A B. Norton of Davey, which led to his subsequent release from the panel and his arrest. From that time on the proceedings were mroe interesting, until at: the opening statements of counsel, outlining their respective cases, were completed and the jury cautioned to refrain from discussions of the case and the bailiffs cautioned to permit them to read no local papers.

The jury to who