THE JURY SYSTEM
PROVERBIAL UNCERTAINTY ILLUSTRATED FATHER ACQUITTED OF MURDER (United Pres 3 Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 22nd January, 9.50 a.m.) PARIS, 21st January. The proverbial uncertainty of the jury system was illustrated at the Seine Assizes when a stonemason, Thill, was charged with murdering his nineteen-year-old son whom he shot in his sleep. It was admitted that the father was a drunken ne’er-do-well and the son was constantly upbraiding him for it. The defence was that the son was just as bad as the father.
The jury asked what the punishment would be if the verdict was guilty with extenuating circumstances. The Judge said at least five years’ gaol. The jury decided that too severe and brought in a verdict of acquittal.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 22 January 1931, Page 7
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124THE JURY SYSTEM Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 22 January 1931, Page 7
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