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Now in my friend's experience as a petit juror he had found himself among a rather grotesque company of very small characters, frequently somewhat seedy in outward effect.

From Turns about Town by Holliday, Robert Cortes

Even after his retirement from the Presidency he served on a grand jury, and before this he had several times acted as petit juror.

From The True George Washington [10th Ed.] by Ford, Paul Leicester