Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-04-03

The vote on the Jury Bill, in the House, on
Wednesday, was an unusually full one, three
hundred and ave members. being in their seats
and yoting-for the bill, Ill against it. l94 ma
iority against the repeal of the Jury Law Of 1893,
sighty-tAree. The result may accordingly be con
sidered full and fair expression OF the viii OF
the people. The vote of the Worcester County
Representatives stands thirtythree to fourteen,or
more than two to one. for the present statute,
divided as follows Against the bill to repeal
the present Jury LAVA. II. Allen Of Mendon,
Luke F, Allen Of Grafton, B. L. Batcheler of
Sutton, James Bennett Of Leominster, H. E.
Bugbee of Webster. Amos Cnilds Of Boylston.
James Childs of Lancaster, D. 6. Davis of
Paxton, Rufus B. Dodge of Charlton, John
NJ. Fales of West Brookfeld, John E. Fry
Of Bolton. C. R. Griggs of Westboro', H.
D. johnson of Upton, William II. Larned of
Dudley, ]. B. Lombard of Warren A. c. May
hew o. Milford James Miller of Barre, J. Mich
OILS of Shrewsbury, v. B. Newland Of StuEbridge,
H.8W Page of Fitchburg, David Phillips of
Douglass, Henry Prentiss of Hubbardston, H.
L. Read Of Leicester, J. p. Rice of Ashburnhams
VIM. H, Sanford of Boylston, Moses Sawyer, %,
OF Sterling, Constant Southworth of Hardwick,
Jacob Taft of Uxbridge, H. S. Wheeler of South
boro', Leonard Warren of BrookGeld, and Dexter
F. Parker, VIM. 7. Merrifeld, and George F.
Thompson, of Worcester. r@ R
Those from Worcester County who voted for
the bill TO repeal the jury law, were &c. Bal
ley of Fitchburg, ). W. Bigelow of Rutland, J.
B. D. Coggswell of Worcester, L. B. Corbin of
Oxford, Charles Field of Athol, ]. B Harris Of
Winchendon, N. P. Humphrey of oakham, N.
L. Johnson of Dana, John Rice of Northboro,
Joseph Robbins of Millbury, Henry Smith of
Templeton, William Upham of Spencer, H. G.
Whitney Of Westminster and N. D. Within of
Northbndge. Absentees-John Brooks Of Prince
ton, J. NJ. Ladd of Holden, Laroy Litchfeld of
sOuthbridge. Warren Tyler of North Brookfeld,
Z N Paine of Blackstone, and S. P. Twiss of
Worcester-six. Worcester city stands three to
ole against the repeal.
Last year, the vote stood in the Legislature on
the same prOposition-eighty-on for the repeal,
and one hundred and fiity-one opposed, and there
were eighty eight absentees. This year there
were but forty nine absentees on the vote Wor-
cester county stood last year on the vote, four
teen'for the repeal, and sixteen opposed, with
host Of absentees. One representative from Wor-
cester city, only, has voted, each year. to repeal
viz; ]. H. Brooks in 1856, and J. B. D. Cogs-
we'll in 1857. We trust there will be no further
attempt, for series Of years, to disturb law,
wise and benefcent in its provisions, as the one
securing the people, os represented upon the ju-
ries, their right to consider the law well as the
factin all criminal prosecutions. Late events
render this security almost an imperative neces-
silly, without which we shoald be but the alb
ject slaves OF the slayeholding oligarchy, who too
often convert the judiciary of the country into
their most servie and willing TOOLS to whose de-
cisions and conclusions the people must bow, UNI
less the latter are protected in their right of indi
vidual judgment.