Word: mabrey
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...eleven to one for convicting Cohn on at least one count of perjury. "This is a very big disappointment," said the foreman later. "It's like being left at the altar." The anticlimax left ordinary citizens equally disappointed and understandably puzzled. Why did Judge Dawson excuse Mrs. Aribelle Mabrey, the bereaved juror whose father had died? Why not ask to have the funeral delayed a few hours? Conversely, could the trial have continued with eleven jurors? If not, why was there no alternate juror to take Mrs. Mabrey's place? The federal jury system leaves...
...Cohn case, alternates are dismissed when the testimony ends. Says Rule 24-C of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure: "An alternate juror who does not replace a regular juror shall be discharged after the jury retires to consider its verdict." Judge Dawson had every right to excuse Mrs. Mabrey, although, under the circumstances, other judges might have considered a death in the family an insufficient excuse. Mrs. Mabrey had every right to leave, although other jurors might have been more aware of the consequences. Once she was gone, Cohn's lawyers refused to waive his right...