THE LATE INQUEST.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HAWEs’s BAT TIMES. Sm,—Having hitherto been laboring under the impression that juries should bo composed of parties entirely disinterested in any matter demanding their investigation, in order that they may bo able to exercise a judgment altogether unbiassed by any connection with the circumstances, and solely from the evidence brought before them,—l was somewhat surprised yesterday to see on’the jury summoned to sit on the body of the poor drowned soldier of the 7 Oth two of the watermen who were engaged in conveying the troops to the Eclipse; and I was the more surprised to find that one of them was allowed to act in the twofold capacity of witness and juryman. \Viihout giving any opinion on the verdict returned, 1 may be allowed to express a doubt as to the legality of the course adopted. As to its impropriety there cannot, I think, be two opinions.—1 am, &c., v HE JURE. Napier, 3rd January, ISfifi.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 7, Issue 338, 4 January 1866, Page 2
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165THE LATE INQUEST. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 7, Issue 338, 4 January 1866, Page 2
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