, 1864-02-11
LAW INTELLIGENCE,
SUIT FOB FALSE IMPRISONMENT
Jury Tria1s In the State Of
Illinois.
RECORD uF CASES IN TIRE DIFFERENT
Law COURTS.

Matilda IatfeTFon and Rachel Allen, whose ar
rett for larceny, on the complaint OF oae Paris r.
Barker, Of Woodstock. at wbose house they had
bcen visiting, We noticed few days since, brought
Fuit yesterday against the said Darker and one
Richard Bi1linger, the officer who made the arrest,
In The CooE county C1rcuIt Court, In an action On
the casc, for frlac imprisonment. They CHIN
damages 10 the amount Of ten Thousand dollars
each.
Tic celebrated cotton case which il now In pro
ecst Of trial for tie THIRD time. seemed, at late
hour yesterday, likely to be again thrown open by
the disagreement Of the jury. a Legal gentleman
in this city wae yesterday discussing The difficulty
Of getting verdict from tu.y in complicated
cesca, end The still Erenter difficulty OF srttiar
verdict which the courts would sustain, drew a
con:rast between juzy trials in England and this
conntry, Which presents come vlews Of the subject
which a1e important aad royel. The following Is
tie eELstance Of lis remarks:
It Is doubtful whether tie institution OF trial bf
jury Topld ercf have acquired fcothold, had the
cumstances as those which surround and infect it
in cur own Stale. We can hardly suppose that In
the country where It originated, and which has SO
1on: pEoesaed to reckon + The chief palladium Of
In making It OF practical benefit or the Influences
to tc coulbatsed which otherwise world make OF
trol its operation hcre' Thcse difcnit,es and ia-
Se !e;ntd % &oaa and = tse III. h.bss bas
and ttmrramcuts Of people necessarily in the
nature 0fthlngs Inspirations and argumentatiye
Throw q mixed and complicated mass Of facts, re-
listing 10 eny given QUESTION before twelve men Of
aninda praciised and disciplined in the process Q:
sitting and anhyztng Testimony, and the chances
are thct, having mastered the facts, they would
agree In thcir conclusions respecting them Throw
the earae confused maes Of iacts before an equal
think, but without special trsiuinE in the AT OF
analyz'ng Testimony, and thcy woa1d almost ineri-
tsey 1S at TIE
asssss' s7 sss1s = q fh'.ssfsf q sass
;6er adenc5 Tsey would ceasef q pezaoa 59r
al and intellectual disgrace and humiliation to take
their opinions from ANYBODY else; 1ut u9de1tak-
aq on sas q Ss
to which they Gre unaccustomed. and relating to
topics with which they are not familiar, the
man q .e % most % eminent @ az asy making the ens
rect Analysis, the tIrt time he attempts the ops =
tion. There ia probably only one correct analysis,
h ahd ees Of os hs sG 5snf an'ssa na j son $oPs
likely ti;1i to take one of The hundrcd wrong
paths thsn the only right one bat also 1aborlnS
under mathematical probability, whose strength
select different one OF the numerous wrong paths
from that selected BY his brother tnror on either
eide Of hi. the prospect that ha Will arrive at the
Inthcr through that halo Of enthusiastic apprecia
uon with which fertile and patriotic imasinatfons
aase ~ BEEN accnetomed to invest '*the palladium
.. oaf liberties" than based on anY rational estl-
7 Is .. t1e circumstances under which such re-
fa y, IL 20 oe attaancd. undor such circumstances
u ,ls u No wonder that complicated cases must be
@ .sleu tntse oE aou1 times to q Jury before thev
agree ana AZ little wonder, that eyen when fhex
a1ee an equal number OF trials ig nccnessTx hstn:
the Tetdict IS satisfactory to the court o-'o''
huls7dnat independence OF thought amorr, +ba
masses OF the people has never exisie in EnGen1
70 the enme extent that 1t exists amonr NJ. EhsIe
whole literature. their portruitures Of natinnsi
features, brought down almost to the present 1sn.
represent people wheac intellectual hnbSt il nn{
1rdependspee Of thoneht, but depcndenca-a peo-
pie, very large proportion Of the masses Of wksm
were accustomed to look up for their opinions to
those above them In wealth. famIly md etstion-n
nation Whoee every neishborhood delighted 10 cut
itseu alter the pattern Of BONE man Of blood ana
properly, whom It khad been taught to reverence
In such neighborhoods, The scale Of influence de-
ecendlnE By reeula- g1adat.ons from the geutleman
70 the loHeet 1aooIsF, We could Always hope to en-
panel . 1u9 capable OF coming to the eane eoncu.
sion on any given Btate Of facts. KnoWinr thn
twelve, We might always hope to ind the element
Of harmony IN the presence Of Juror who. eprnp-
Ing from class little above the rest would be- E.
galdsd BY them with arespect entirely independent
Of his natural or acquired capacity. Such person
Il he did not en1lRhten thenn wifi wisdom. Womb
at loast ss1engthsR than by unity, and Tho Jug