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aacertain Iw* th* other» ataml, .
then quietly fall in line rcg.rdjeaa u(
the judgement they wook! form if the
dectaion reeled with them. But in »1-
muat every mat a me . Urge majority of
llie menu-era of a jury re re. »unable
men. ami the verdict they will agree
Upon will be .» ne r .n appro ch to
jualice a» hum.n infirmity c.n
ttain.
M hen one uure. aoning man c n prevent
eleven men Irom greemg upon ver
dict it 1» certain that injustice will
frequently be dune.
in no other dep rtment of govern
ment do we r quire unanimity in re Ch
ing • derision.
Public ufhccrx -re
elected by m*jortt> vote. L w» -re
en cted by a major ty vote of it»
Iargial..tore. A bare majority ul Ute
judge» of a »tale or United bt tea •Su
preme Court can decide a caee over ll»«
opposition ol . etrung minority,
It 1»
only in the jury-room tliat we cApect
all men to be ot one mind. Some time
we »had atwmiuii true ancient ml ab-
»uni requirement and )*riiul a jury to
agree u|«>n a verdict, iMilwitnal ndmg
iwu or throe ot ila mem.-era cannot
1 he t.cta -a toe other nine ur
t hem. —< iregunian.
In one of the Valley counlim a prom
inent man recently trier! upon a crimin
al charge and wax fount! guilty. A day
or two afterwaid a local paper made
the verdict the oceaxion for du>cu»»ion
of the dirtie» of juror», the verdict in
thia inatance Iwing criticired.
Il waa
■later! that on the flrat ballot one or
more of the juror» were for acquittal,
but afterward agreed to a venhet of
guilty.
The poaition taken by the
critic waa that a juror »hould adhere to
hia view» even if by »0 doing he pre
vent« the wiry from reaching a verdict.
In other word», the idea advanred wa»
that the twelve men »hotild go into the
juryroom, take a ballot am! each man
•tubhornly adhere to hi» fl rat opinion,
whatever the other juror» might think
of the cane and whatever argument»
they might otter to convince h'm that
he wa» wrong
To any reasonable man
It will at once I* apparent that adop-
mon of »uch a practice would lead to
the gronoent abuse and make jury trial»
a farce.
In the jury-rcom more than in any
other place ia there demonstration of
the truth of the old »aying that a wiae
man change» hi» mind; a fool never.
A Bu*) I en Hollar Bill.
Every one haa heard the »lory of the
jurymen
who, after remaining out
many hour», were called in and a»kc*!
Mr. B row 11 kcc|< a boarding bouae.
by the judge whether they could n* t Around hie table .at bla wile. Mr».
agree upon a verdict
One replied that Hr»«n, the village milliner, .dr». Au
he could, Imt that th«- other eleven were di«»», Hr. Black, 1I1« l-»k«r, Mr. Jor
too »tublwirn. Thia gtory fairly illua
dan, a carpenter, ai.d Air. Hadley, •
tratea the view of a juror*» duly main
Hour, <»ed and lumber mennaul. Mr.
tamed by the paper which critieiae*
llruw 11 Uul |IU »ul ol In. puck*-l and
men l-ecauae they change their attitude
i.amivd it to Mra. Hr* wn with the re
after '.he firat liallot. If »uch a plan of mark that there «a. |IU t «aid the ».0
procedure were contemplate«! by law.
‘••I Uuiiilre*! her. Mt», Brvwu nanded
there would l*e no need for a jury to re the bill to Mr». Amin*«», Hie miniuer,
lire to a jury-room, but a liallot could aaying
"That |«j • lor my new Hun
lie taken in ’he jury-box. and if the
nel.** Mr». Andrea» in turn paaeed II
twelve men did n*.t agree they coo 1*1 lie
to Mt. Jordan, reniarklug that It w«»uk)
dmchargrel at once. IBe »ole |iurpune
|>ay lur liie carpenter «<>rk lie l>ad don«
of »ending them to the jury-room ia i
fur her. Mr. Jordan handed it to Mr,
that they may dwliberate, and delilwra
Hadiey, t««|uv»liiig In» receipted bill lot
torn mean» that they muni diacuiw the
dour, letti and lumber.
Air. Hadley
ca»e and form their opinion» acconlmg
gave Hie bill lank to Mr. Brvwu aaying
to the weight of the evidence »» it then
‘Tliat pay» *ii> ou uiy buard.** Air
ap|«ear» to them.
Brown again pwaeed It tu bl» wile, re
The rrejuirement that twelve men
marking that be bad now paid ber the
■hall join in a vwrdiet ia not in the in-
4-M I i « ha*l pruUiiMal bar. >11« 111 turn
tcre»U of jualice. It 1» almoat a» ab
|*aid Mr. Biack to »etil« b«t bread and
■ur«! a provtaion a» the old »y»t»m of
l-aalry accouul. Mr. Blaik tiauded U to
trial by fire, when an aceuaed man wa»
Mr.
Hadley, a»klug credit lor to»
■ubjected to intense heat upon the
amount uu bl. Bcxuuul.
Air. Halley
theory that if innocent he would lie un
again paaaed it to Mr. Brown, wllli lb«
harmed, am! if guilty he would l*e burn
remark that It Mrltled fur that month’»
ed. It i» »carcely to be expect««! that
board, whereupon Mr. Brown pul It
twelve men, of different tem|ieram«-iit,
lia« k into hi» |*o* kel, olanrsing that ii>
of different habit», of different charact
had uot euppuaad a greet.ba< k would go
er an«! widely varying degree» of edu
ro lar.—Oaceula via.) tkaulluai.
cation, ahouk! he of the aame opinion
upon a queation which admit« of dia
In« Beol 1'I m . v iu f'uitlauU tu hat
pule. In a large majority of caaer
where there ia room for dwcuaaion at
to al
all, if a verdiet i» to be reache«! it ia al- !
moat certain that »ome member» of the
jury will give up their opinion» with
•ome feeling of doubt a» to the correct-
al Weal end ol r «• Momenti street
neaa of the virdict. When thev do »o,
bridge.
they aaaume that a large majority ia
more likely to be right than a »mall |
minority, and they put into practical
effect the meth««! of arriving at a ver-
(Succeoaur to Kiner Broa.)
diet which »houk! lw authorized by law. ;
I'KOI’KIETOR
A three-fourth« majority—nine out of
twelve—»hould have the power to find a
Masquerade Skate.
verdict, except, poaaibly, in capital
caaaa.
Nearly every lawyer of extenaive ex
A inaaqnerade abate will I m * given al
penence know» men who delight in
Jeflerwin, <>n the evening of Noveinlwi
They find »»certain
hanging junea.
14, l'AM. A goral lime 1» aaaured tu all.
how the other memlier» »tand, ami then
Kvwryhialy invite*!.
take an oppuwile view ami refuae to
liaten to reaaon. There ia another claaa
SulaicritM tor the S amtiam X i »«
of men who lack aaaertivenea« and who
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Succeeaor to the late Hong Wu Tong,
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