Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered.
We reverse on two grounds: 1. It was error for the trial court to deny challenges for cause directed to two jurors. The first was a customs officer whose duties included the enforcement of the law through making arrests. The circumstances of the case made it advisable that the challenge for cause be sustained (see People v Culhane,
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