FRENCH JURY
CAUSES A SENSATION
(Times Service)
(Received this day at 12.25. P.mO PARIS. December 5.
Another strange verdict by a Seine jury lias increased the public astonishment. A grocer accused oi murdering a girl pleaded drunkenness as his sole excuse. He was guilty on the clearest evidence, yet the jury’s verdict was “ not guilty.” The judge perforce discharged the prisoner. The jurv afterwards published a resolution-” For the second time in two days, a*Seine jury finds itself faced with conscientious scruples. H desires to return a verdict oi fA*’lty but is unable to obtain a formal guarantee concerning the penalty; thcielou it expresses the opinion that the law should be reformed in order to give the jury the power to define the consequences of its verdict.” The resolution has occasioned a great puhhc outcry. H is evident a crisis is arising in French criminal procedure when '"juries claim the right to determine the sentences.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 December 1928, Page 5
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155FRENCH JURY Hokitika Guardian, 6 December 1928, Page 5
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