The Gilded Age


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"All right, then. Have you any conscientious scruples about capital  
punishment?"  
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Any which?"  
Would you object to finding a person guilty--of murder on evidence?"  
I might, sir, if I thought he wan't guilty."  
The district attorney thought he saw a point.  
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Would this feeling rather incline you against a capital conviction?"  
The juror said he hadn't any feeling, and didn't know any of the parties.  
Accepted and sworn.  
Dennis Lafin, laborer. Have neither formed nor expressed an opinion.  
Never had heard of the case. Believed in hangin' for them that deserved  
it. Could read if it was necessary.  
Mr. Braham objected. The man was evidently bloody minded. Challenged  
peremptorily.  
Larry O'Toole, contractor. A showily dressed man of the style known as  
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vulgar genteel," had a sharp eye and a ready tongue. Had read the  
newspaper reports of the case, but they made no impression on him.  
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