Eastern District High School - Eastern Senior Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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6Th Juror laughing and mocklng IVIlnnesoTa could wupe Thenn boTh oTT The sIaTe aT once BoasTTuIIy Now Theres a Team Tor youl ThaT Tellow Lund IS golng To make All Amerncan lake nobody s busrness 2nd Juro Oh yeah7 Well whaT abouT Grayson oT STanTord and I-Iowell oT AIabama7 9Th Juror rudely Wel whaT abouT Them7 LrsTen I know a Telow wh knows a ranTback named Pappaoonpu as whos a sure Tnrng IITh Ju o mockrngly Ah' You donT know whaT you re Talk ng abou 9Th Juror angrrly Who don T7 IITh Juror ThreaTenrnoIy You Foreman breakrng Them up C5enTIemen genTIemen 9Th Juror Well he sTarTed :T Where does he come oTT knockung Pap padonpuIas7 Foreman I order you To shake hands and speak oT The nnaTTer no more 9Th Juror III agree IT he s walling To IITh Juror shaking hands wnTh 9Th Juror DonT Think you re dorng me a Tavor I2Th Juror wrshrng To change The sublecT Well now Th T Thus lTTle maTTer as over IeT me Tell you abouT The Time I was CaughT be Tween a Iron and a Tiger down In The Congo IT all happened Thus way JusT as I was abouT To shooT a Iron along comes a Tiger and naTuraIIy IOTh Juror IhaTs rlghT Who Told you7 Juror LusTen IeTs TorgeT abouT These Irons and Tlgers and TooTbaII games Drd anyone see Jean Marlow In her IaTesT prcTure7 ror Sure' I drd You donT Thank Id ms he do you7 n ac saw :T 3 Tam Juror Yeah well my wrTe gave me hallelulah The oTher nughT I only wanTed To see The plcTure a second Trme and gusT when one TooT was on The doorsTep my shoes IH my hands and my haT on The Trp oT my head guess whaT happened7 Juror WhaT'7 8Th Juror The Telephone rang ThaT was ThaT Forennan I realy belreve ThaT we have hao en ugh Trnne oTT Thls case LeT s go To work now and geT sTarTed on The Tac:Ts and evrdence 2nd Juror Oh no we couIdnT do ThaTI Why I couIdnT Thrnk QT :T 6Th Juror glancrng aT waTch Gee Ths aTTernoon cerTarnly passed gurckly ITs already +wenTyfour easTern o lanuary l935 . .I I I . I . r I. I I II II: y I 4 .I .1 I I,y V ' O r r I I , I , I I , T. I I li I - I I J lf - I A I: I . A I y , , I y . ' . . . J: .I I 5 - E 8Th I 1 I I , I I I I I 7Th Ju :I . I . I I I Is r, I T T I I I es. 8Th : , I I I . 7Th 2 . I I Iy I .I I ' I E I W . I I I I I . I . 5:35.

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I-vvelve Good Men by I RVI NG KATZ SeTTIng Jury room In The cenTer oT The room are I2 chaIrs around a large Table k,haracTers I2 Jurymen Scene I I2 men are enTerIng The room and Talce places around The Table Forerran sTandIng up Well genTIemen we ve IusT heard The TacTs oT The case I.eTs IusT revuew Them Tor an InsTanT James RIchards sTands accused oT murderIng hIs Tormer employer I-I had The moTIve and he had The opporTunITy IT seems noThIng more To me Than a premedITaTed IcIIIIng oT an InnocenT man and ThereTore IT IS our duTy To see ThaT RIchards receIves The consequences We shall ThereTore dIscuss The Idea oT senTencIng hIm Tor TIrsT degre murder Are we agreed genTIeman7 seaTs hImseIT n Juror IeapIng ouT oT seaT I obIecTl RIchards may have had The nf'oTIve buT he cerTaInIy dId noT plan To IcIII WaTerby Under The cIrcumsTances anyone would have been IusTITIed To IcIII ThaT scound rel I myseIT would have shoT hIm Tor less Than ThaT seaTs hImseIT 3rd Juror sTands up I-low In The name oT IUSIICS and equalITy can we we have noT yeT sTudIed The compIexITIes oT The case7 Now IeT us Taclcle ThIs problem TaIrIy and squarely and Then aTTerwards we may be IusTITIed In handIng down a decIsIon Juror sTands Now Theres where you are malung a bIg mIsTaI4e We have heard The TacTs oT The case buT IO mInuTes pasT and already you wanT To have Them dIscussed IT sTands To common sense ThaT IT you scruTInIze a ThIng Tor a long TIme wIThouT a bIT oT reIaxaTIon you wIII gradually lose sIghT oT whaT you are IooIcIng T ThIs same prIncIpIe appIIes To us Iurors I propose ThaT we TorgeT abouT James RIchards and The murder Tor The TIme be Ing and IusT relax you Icnow geT our mInd OTI The case Well have pIenTy oT TIme To dIscuss The case IaTer Ioolcs around Some oT The Jurors ThaT s a very good Idea Very good some Iurors sTand and walk around and IIghT CIQGFGIIGS 4Th Juror IooIcIng ouT oT wIndowI Boy whaT weaTher Tor a TooTbaI game' Ivly money IS on CoIgaTe agaInsT Alabama Today Theyd beTTer come Through Tor me easTern 0 lanuary I935 TwenTy Three I ' I- I I ' , It . ' ' , ' , . ' . . . . e 2 d I ' I: ' . ' say ThaT This man Richards is InnocenT or oTherwIse, genTIemen, if 5Th I I: ' I ' ' ' . 6 . 1 I 1 - . n D ' y ' y . I I., . .h I- I . . I I . ,

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7lh Juror: Which reminds me-I musl gel home lo dinner early lo- nighl. We're going lo have guesls al lhe house. l2lh Juror: I musl leave early also. 5lh Juror: I have a suggeslion lo malce. Lels loss a coin. I-leads we gel slarled on lhe case now and lails we slay over nighl and gel lree meals. Jurors in unison Thals a good idea applause 5lh Juror Who has a coin7 Qlh Juror I-Iere s one Slh Juror Thanks I-lere il goes Tosses coin Tals Bul lhal really hil lhe lable lherelore il doesnl counl Well lry again or hl lh l A Iuro lo lllh w anger 5lh Junor sarcaslically lm lerribly grieved Neverlheless il doesn counl Tosses coin again Ah ils heads Lel s come lo a decision All go lo seals 4lh Juror lo Foreman Mr Foreman may I say somelhing7 Foreman Yes bul donl wasle our lime 4lh Juror Thanlcs all l wanl lo say is lhis This lellow Richards doesn l iI4e a e u llullyl esides we r e im e be able lo supporl his wile and lamily how noun you In saying h s gully ul i he is lhe murder was Iuslilia e since he commilled in delense ol his properly Now we can Foreman handing oul ballols Casl you vole as you see lil genllemen All begin lo wrile Ballols are handed baclr lo Foreman who be s counling lhem N w lel me see I 2 3 4 5 6 7 are lor acguillal and I is opposed We will have lo lalce lhe vole over again As a special lavor will lhe lone opponenl please decide carelully on lhe nexl ballol7 Smiles Same procedure as belore We ll s e lhe new c unl w All in av All are in lavor ol Richards acquillal There being no olher mal l al hand lel us lile l They sland and begin murmuringl As lhey lile oul lhe door is lell open and lhis is heard Juoge I-las lhe Iury arriv d al a decision7 Foreman Yes your honor Aller DUE DFLIBFRATION AND CCN SIDFRATICN IThe door slams Curlain lalls easlern 0 Ianuary I935 lwenlyfive 1 . ' g . I ' I i . . I i lllh Jur : I clidn'l see il i e able. I ll ' rs olc al ilh I. I l- I I: . , ' . look lciller lo m . Ilho gh w,..E ' , El le h' , h 'll ' ' ' . I .' d , 'I nol Vs e' i ,b 'l '. ' bl, laice lhe ballol. I I I I ' ' I: r ' , . I I I-I I - ' gin ' O ,,,,.,, 8, 9, IO, ll i - I ' l- I I. wi e o no . ' l or. er I, ' ou.. I I , . . ' ' I. I I X . . 4 - I