GRAND JURY SYSTEM.
i 'A DEFENCE'FROM THE BENCH. , ' : (By Telegraph.—Presa Association.) ~ Westport, March 14. . In the Supreme. Court, 1 addressing 'the • Grand/ Jury, Mr. ._ Justice Edwards <le- . "tended Mi.lt.'Was. 'he. saidffla protection'.to-.the. liberties of • the public. Politics had not hitherto intraded into- 'tho administration, of justice,, but it might happen that politics jnighfc be allowed to interfere. The Grand Jury werß'Topresehtatives. of .the peoplo; if they were abolished' the work would be left jjo salaried;:officers, and' grievous injustice might possibly be done. It was essential in the interests of justice that : the representatives of the. people, should • stand between the powers and the people. He hoped, grand jurymen would not begrudge the time they gave their country, even if in some cases it might appear that ■they. might as well have retrained, at "i :home. _i - •■ ' i Verdicts of not guilty were returned in " charges against two young men of offences against: girls /under, sixteen.;,- ■
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1699, 15 March 1913, Page 7
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155GRAND JURY SYSTEM. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1699, 15 March 1913, Page 7
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