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METHODS OF JURYMEN OPINIONS OF MU. FARE (Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. “We do not want to be experts with the characteristic arrogance and tyranny of the expert,” declared Mr. Clyde Carr (Lab., Timaru) during his contribution to the Address-in-Reply debate in the House of Representatives. Being a member of Parliament, he explained, was just a question- oi being a good juryman and the system reminded him pi the splendid methods of the common jury who weighed the evidence of experts and brought in a verdict according to the facts. Parliament was the highest court of the land, but it did not constitute a trial 'by experts. “We are a jury of common men,” he concluded, “called upon to decide the welfare and fate of, this country. We are not going to hand over our responsibility to any half dozen business men because they "are experts. The world is tired of economists and financiers.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19987, 12 July 1939, Page 5
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