Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1910 — QUICK COURT WORK. [ARTICLE]

QUICK COURT WORK.

Eleven Verdlcta n Day Rendered by Ana an EnffUab Jury. Who Jesse Macey, writing about the great A „ ru advantages of the procedure of Eng- De lish courts over American, dwells upon the splendid work of English juries: He w “The working of the British jury That system exhibits a marked contrast with that of our own. It is possible le that my experience in British courts Akn was exceptional, but not in a single in- HlB g stance did I see a juror challenged or inten rejected. In all of the courts requiring juries the necessary number of men At ei were present and they were sworn in He le without question. In the sheriff’s deputy court, Scotland, the presiding T 1 judge gave notice to the jury that he expected to adjourn the court at 3 We g o’clock, and stated that if they could The i all remain until that hour he would —Bui at once dismiss the men who had been called for a second panel. The jurors 1 conferred together, and agreed to re- j ng a main till 1 o’clock, whereupon the her a judge notified the other men to appear to wa at 12:30. The one jury impaneled, for boy v the morning session rendered sixf, ver- the v diets in case* involving prosecutions ate u for thefts, frauds and burglary. In a “At court of quarter sessions at Taunton. “Yt England, I saw a single jury in one “A! day render eleven verdicts. I found “Y« that it was customary in the several **W sorts of court that I attended for the belies same jury to act in successive cases. So th In no instance did I see a jury leave their seats to make up their verdict. Usually the issue before them was ■ made so plain 1 that all who gave attention knew in advance what the de- L,' cislon would be. I made note of an Vr 8 exceptional instance of delay, when the en 1 court was forced to wait nine minutes M)r * for the report of the jury. In this case the judge who gave the instructions W ° ’ was himself iq doubt as to what the Verdict ought to be. Fir ' Scottish jury consists of fifteen isn’t, -persons, and a majority may render a to ha verdict. In England the number is Sec twelve, and unanimity is required, oxacti But 1 noted no difference as to prac- to let twelve men in the English jury were as prompt and certain in their action To as were the eight out of fifteen in the ly as Scottish jury."—McClure’s. ~ " ' have ' i ■ '"ii i \ x ... . Troubles may come to a boy in the form of curly hair, and to a girl in the An guise of freckles. her c