Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1894 — JURORS MUST NOT CAST LOTS. [ARTICLE]

JURORS MUST NOT CAST LOTS.

Verdict* Arrived at by Chance Not Legal in Masfiachuactt*. The fnll bench of the Massachusetts Supreme Court has rendered a decision that verdicts arrived at by chance will not stand. The case at the bar was as action brought to recover possession of a horse, and the verdict was obtained for the plaintiff by casting lots. The court granted a motion for a new trial. ri The national Republican committee adopted a resolution favoring Statehood for all the Territory