"It is your duty to protect the accused from unjust or unfounded charges on the one hand and to protect the nation on the other. You shall present only those persons who have, in your judgment, committed an offense against the United States Government."
With these words a Federal judge in Pittsburgh last week addressed five laborers, two clerks, two farmers, two engineers, two mechanics, a bank clerk, a writer, a lumber dealer, a carpenter, a plumber and a banker. He was instructing them in their duties as grand jurors.
Promptly a U. S....
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