Word: talesman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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What's a Psychoneurosis? Later, because of the bitter feeling in Columbia, the trial had been moved to neighboring Lawrenceburg. But even in Lawrenceburg 736 talesmen had had to be questioned before twelve reasonably unprejudiced jurors could be found. During this process, Judge Ingram struck a snag. One talesman's medical certificate, which reported a psychoneurosis, set him frowning. After spelling the word out to himself, the Judge leaned forward and asked the man sympathetically: "Where does it hurt? What ails you?" One of the defense lawyers, a Negro, respectfully explained the term to the Judge...
...home-grown jury was chosen with the utmost care. One talesman was summarily rejected (by the prosecution) because he thought "no Dodger can do wrong''; another was peremptorily waved away (by the defense) because he had the temerity to admit in open court that he had never seen the Dodgers play. Headlined the New York Daily News: DUROCHER TO BE TRIED BY JURY OF HIS JEERS...