"Jury goes," said he.

"Count out twelve fellers there, beginnin' next the door." "Twelve!" said Dan Andersen, for the moment almost losing his gravity.
"I thought this court might be content with six for a justice's jury; but realizing the importance of this court, we are willing to agree on twelve." It was so agreed.

The jury took in every man in the little room but three.

"They'll do for a veniry," said Blackman, J.P., learnedly.
Under the circumstances, one can perhaps forgive him for becoming at times a trifle mixed as to the legal proceedings.
At least, it was easy to agree as to the jury; for obviously the population of the place was fully acquainted with all the facts in the case, and each one had freely expressed his opinion upon the one side or the other.

There seemed to be no reason for excusing any juror for cause; and upon the other hand, there are often very good reasons in a Land Before the Law for not bringing up personal matters of this kind.
Indeed, the trial judge settled all that.