JURY DISAGREEMENTS.
When a jury in a Wellington criminal case failed to agree for a second time, Sir Robert Stout remarked upon the peculiar state of our law. He said he could not understand why twelve jurors should be required to agree on a question of fact, when it was not necessary for Judges to -do so. The anomaly is one that should receive the serious consideration of the At-torney-General. It is almost impossible to get twelve jurymen to agree on a certain class of criminal cases. The result is that very often the country is put. to needless expense, »nd more serious still, the ends of justice aro defeated.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 12 November 1912, Page 4
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110JURY DISAGREEMENTS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 12 November 1912, Page 4
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