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...Steuer, counsel for the defense, might have been better pleased if the jury had not been that rarity-a New York jury without a Jew. He turned to his client, Banker Charles Edwin Mitchell, with a hand half-raised: "Look. Are they satisfactory?" Mr. Mitchell murmured grimly: "Satisfactory - perfectly satisfactory." They were mostly men of the comfortable, educated middle class. The court adjourned; Mr. Steuer patted Mr. Mitchell's muscular shoulder, ending the first act of an historic trial...
...begins with two eloquent monologs. Both Mr. Steuer and U. S. Attorney Medalie tell the jury the same story. But according to Lawyer Steuer, the onetime boss of National City Bank is a man who was "inspired in every act . . . only by the highest, noblest motives." And, according to Lawyer Medalie, he is a fraud, a cheat, a sanctimonious swindler...
...Federal courts, unlike some state courts, veniremen may be questioned as a group as well as singly, the judge often taking part to hasten matters. Seldom is more than an hour taken in selecting a jury. Not so in this case. Mr. Steuer approaches the jury box and in a suave, confidential manner breathes an inaudible question, stands stiff waiting for an answer, relaxes when it comes, cogitates gently, whispers another query. Says the Judge: "Mr. Steuer, will you speak a little louder?" More whispered queries. The Judge motions the court stenographers to move their table to Mr. Steuer...
...Steuer asks one venireman after another: Is he prejudiced against bankers? Against the payment of large bonuses to executives? Has he had dealings with National City? Has he lost money in the bank? Several men are excused. John Barry, venireman No. 5, white-haired employe of a Wall Street broker, admits that he does not think Lawyer Steuer would have been retained unless Mr. Mitchell were "in serious difficulty...
...Lawyer Steuer turns plaintively to the Judge: "If all jurors thought that way, either no one would retain me, or I should have to retire from the practice...