THE UNDERTAKER FORGOT
Various excuses are offered by-jurora when applying for exemption from service, or explaining their tardiness in attending tlie Court at the proper time, but one man struck a new note when he arrived at the Supreme Court this morning some time after hiß name had been called. He said'that he was a member of a city undertaking firm and he had had ;\ call that morning. "In the hurry and bustle I must have forgotten all about coming here for the jury," he explained to Mr. Justice Reed. ' "We get calls at all hours, and I completely forgot that I was called 'for the jury today." t The explanation wns accepted.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 26, 31 July 1933, Page 6
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113THE UNDERTAKER FORGOT Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 26, 31 July 1933, Page 6
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