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| Says Manson Unnerved-Her; Caiis % ‘ 5 | Her Panel Selection—Inconceivable’ BY ROBERT KISTLER Times Staff Writer The trial of Charles Manson lasted 288 days. A long time. it was roughly from the Fourth of July to Easter, with Thanksgiving, | Christmas, the World Series, foot- | ball, and a trip to the moon in be-| tween. The jurofs in the Manson case were sequestered 225 days (for alter- nates, the time was slightly less)—— the longest known jury lockup in the history of the United States. | "Some of them,” a veteran bailiff: reflected after it was over, "really | tried and tried to make the best of it. | ‘Others bitched all the time." ' For Jean Roseland, a 41-year-old | secretary and mother of three teen- agers, the ordeal was "an education, ' in the literal meaning of that word. "All in all, I guess I really enjoyed it. But, I know now that I'd never| want to do it again.” i Mr3. Roseland consented to hours, of interviews with The Times in an attempt to re-create what being a Manson juror was really like. At first. Mrs. Roseland reflected later, being a juror hadn't amounted to much, | It was her second day of killin ‘time in a waiting room in the ne ‘County Courthouse, and still sh hadn't. been picked for a case, Her notice to report ‘said sh should plan for a jury stint (accord, ing to the law of averages) of abou one month, or 20 working days. Outside, the July heat from the Ci+ vic Center conercte boiled up. It would be another 90-degree day, with heavy smog. Mrs. Roseland's hushand, Warren, then 49, had @riven her in from theif “Ei S¢eundo home. “== a ‘who stood were driven to the Hall.pf -figar, where they were again asked she was glad her regulat job (a se-' eretary ah Trans World -Aitiities, four years) was at. International Air-| port, seven minutes from her home, ! and close.enough to. the ocean for a breeze. A uniformed bailiff entered the, room, called off 20 names and those JUSTICE “Hid taken to the ninth} ‘to. wait. "Bajliffs don't tell you a thing,” Mys, Roseland said later. "I can re- member sitting there, wondering! lwhether I'd rather be called for a ci-| vil case or for a criminal matter. | . "Actually, I kind of hoped I'd get a ichance to hear both kinds of cases ‘during my 20 days of duty. I was really looking forward to the chance to learn...” ' The bailiff returned. He led the ‘group down a flight of stairs. | As a door opened into a teeming, ‘brightly lit courtroom,- Jean- Rose- lland heard a man in front of her. ‘whisper: "Oh, my gosh, it’s the Manson tri- al" And there, 25 feet aes at Moe ba endeaf.a_caunsel table, sat_Charhe. \Charlic, with his long, Jestistike was "accused of some mur. hair and, beard. And his “Jiseemed so small anc Charlie Manson eyes. f° crowded. I edi retmém. Nearby, sat the girls, _ ther thinking that if this a ang case is as Important as it's " ‘< and her husband ‘supposed to be, why are ad been in Hurope (via |they holding it in such’s TWA employe pass) when [small courtroom?" Manson was arrested, Un-! Actually, the room, De. partment 104 on the til now, Mrs. Roseland! sionth floor, is one of- the could recall having seen jarger courtrooms in. th only one ‘photograph of Hall of Justice. It is 4 Manson, in a foreign news. high-ceiling room with! paper. poor acoustics and less She knew only that he ca alee air condi Jean Roseland was glad ‘she Pike tig be. spending _ His appearance took her Much time there. = ener . "l didn’t think for a <u , Moment that I'd be select- He looked so small—ti- ed,” she said. "I had a job ny, almost, Just a littl¢ and three children. It was shrimp. It really surprised inconceivable to me that me, Somehow, I'd gotten they'd want me on the ju- tie i : ry, considering I was need- the impression he was aed elsewhere.” much larger man. An hour later, Mrs.’ And the girls. Some- Roseland had her first body told me they were taste of American. legal ders." pretty youngsters. But procedure. Ty, remains to they weren't, Their faces this day one of ‘her most were drawn and they frightening moments of looked undernourished." the trial. oe Courtroom Seemed Small See selection process Mrs. Roseland took herG*¢2* bes ih open court seat in the spectators’ cec.ithat day," she said. lt tion and inspected the started an Chad naee ,