THE JURY SYSTEM.
A remark passed by the Chief Justice at tb.e conolusikm of a case in the Supreme Court at Mastterton yesterday svould create the impressionl thlat the present jury system is l:i ncccT cf some reform. His Honor
staled that till© case was one which should have been heard before a jury of four, and he could not undlerstaind why it hiad been thought necessary to make tine claim so large as to require a jury of twelve. To mark his disapproval, Bis Honor allowed expenses for a jury of four only. The. finding of the jury, afiter the pointed summing up of Sir Robert Stout, came as a great surprise. Whether the verddot would have been different hiad there been a jury of four, it is, of course, impossible to say. Nevertheless, it seemed as though, the processes of the Court had been availed of in a way that was scarcely contemplated by the Legislature.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10421, 12 September 1911, Page 4
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158THE JURY SYSTEM. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10421, 12 September 1911, Page 4
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