PRISONER AND JURY.
SHE OBJECTED TO SCOTTISH. While the jury were being sworn in a theft case at London Sessions the prisoner, a woman, raised an objection. “Are any of these men Scottish?” she asked. “I will not have anybody Scottish. I don’t care what they sw r ear,” Mr. Wilberforce (acting-chairman): Do any of the jury plead Scottish? (Laughter.) A member of the jury: I am Irish, my lord. Does she object to me? The defendant: Your face is all right; I like you. Another member of the jufy stated that he had lived for many years in Scotland, but he was not born there. Mr. Wilberforce: Oh, that’s all right. Being assured that none of the jury was Scottish, the prisoner expressed her content, the jury were sworn in, and the case proceeded.
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Shannon News, 19 October 1926, Page 3
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135PRISONER AND JURY. Shannon News, 19 October 1926, Page 3
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