RELIGION OF JURORS.
CONSCIENCE AT TRIALS. l 1 3 JUDGE’S COMMENT. ™ Referring to a statement made to the Crown Prosecutor, Mr. H. T. Gillies, by a Juror who had said prior to a ease at tlie Supreme Court, Hamilton, to-day, that for religious rea--1 sons he would not like to sit on a l jury even if called, Mr. Justice Callan said that a difficult point had been raised. » His Honour said In reality every citizen should acknowledge and respect the law and join in its adminisf tration in this democratic country. - Everyone had a part to play in the framing and administration of the law. If any juror had a conscience regarding religion it would be far better for i him In intimate it be lore sitting, then the Crown Prosecutor could take what • action he thought lit.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20277, 20 August 1937, Page 6
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139RELIGION OF JURORS. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20277, 20 August 1937, Page 6
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