Honolulu Republican, Volume IV, Number 506, 25 January 1902 — Withdrawing a Juror. [ARTICLE]
Withdrawing a Juror.
One particularly amusing incident characterized Congressman Burton’s early experience at the bar. For some reason It became necessary to request a continuance in a case in which he was counsel. After Mr. Burton had explained why there should be a continuance the court told him simply to withdraw a juror and the case would oe marked continued. For the moment the young attorney was nonplused, out after glancing at the court to satisfy himself that the judge was in earnest be walked over to the jury box. eyed the Jurors for an Instant and then firmly seized a large, portly German ind endeavored with no little effort to drag him out of the jury box. lu the midst of the general laugh which followed, the court came to the rescue of the discomfited young barrister by explaining that the term was simply lechuical and need only be written on the docket—Saturday Evening Post