Caution requires him to examine the jury in every important case, and frequently this ruse on the part of the defendant makes it appear as if the State had less confidence in its case than the defence.
This trick was invariably used by the late William F.Howe in all homicide cases where he appeared for the defence.
The next step is to slip some juryman into the box who is likely for any one of a thousand reasons to lean toward the defence--as, for example, one who is of the same religion, nationality or even name as the defendant.

The writer once tried a case where the defendant was a Hebrew named Bauman, charged with perjury.

Mr.Abraham Levy was the counsel for the defendant.

Having left an associate to select the jury the writer returned to the courtroom to find that his friend had chosen for foreman a Hebrew named Abraham Levy.

Needless to say, a disagreement of the jury was the almost inevitable result.