talesman
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Samuel Cooperman, grocer, the next talesman called, said he had read about the case.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the first day, although she never glanced at a talesman, she had listened eagerly to every question, every answer, every challenge.
From Mrs. Balfame A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
Talesman; the author of a story or report: I'll tell you my tale, and my talesman.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis
One sensitive talesman, indignant at what he considered a rebuke, obstinately faced the judge.
From Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations by Fanning, C. E. (Clara Elizabeth)
Each testified to substantially the same story and they occupied seventeen full days in the telling, so that when the prosecution rested, forty-two days had been consumed since the first talesman had been called.
From Tutt and Mr. Tutt by Train, Arthur Cheney
The moral bewilderment of the talesmen was expressed by Mrs. Alice Leopold, a representative in Connecticut's general assembly.
From Time Magazine Archive
He excused only those talesmen who said they had formed a firm opinion as to Sinclair's guilt or innocence.
From Time Magazine Archive
But even in Lawrenceburg 736 talesmen had had to be questioned before twelve reasonably unprejudiced jurors could be found.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was noticeable that other talesmen who had read about the Fall-Sinclair oil scandal in the newspapers were opionated as Grocer Cooperman as to the probity of the defendants.
From Time Magazine Archive
Time and again he had been the one stubborn man to hang out all night for a verdict of guilty against eleven outraged and indignant fellow talesmen who wanted to acquit.
From By Advice of Counsel by Train, Arthur Cheney
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