, 1875-02-06

Jury. borrower, wero this duty imroaod upon
Cd 10 connsrt where it docH not hotnpE. the Court
would b. compelled to give much cIoscr atten-
tim to tho tliAf As 1t procressnd than they nov
do, and wonld u,,tln.stand both tho facta anil tho
law infinitely bottes. Iquitc oyreo with "Ho'no
Aso.ls" TINT Tic proper r'sn Is to haTo cloar:
headed Jutigeg. I,ns to al'oth Jury trials Fill
1aFdty c!eyata the nnderdt anding or clear tho
bead Of m otlerwirn tnutte lea,ied tntige.
claimed thst ,n.lril Of tho fault found with
Jurors could be trIcol directly to
EntsoRk Bv TIE COURT,
for which tho jury could be hold in M wias re-
sponsiblo. 1 also t,,sthted that within their
sihsro the errors of lurss nero less frequent
than shoec Of tho Cuurts that Jurors mAds
fewer mistakes in deciding questions Of
facs than theConrts In dec1llng questions Of
law. To tits ol',nion I still adhere, noswith-
star,ding the fact that vo,r correspondent Aa-
torts that by far the larger portion Of nppea's
onr Supreme Court" 4 very flight examination
demonstrates how utterly eroundcss The stale
ment s, go far at leaat rs estanllsling tho snps-
rority OF Tho trial Of questions Of fact By n
Court, iuetend OF b. jury, IL concerned. In tho
Bixty-firs: IlIinota lenarts there zero fiftv-s.x
capss reversed. or these throe vcra reversed
on the ground that tho soraict Of tho Jury Waa
against evidence; two wtro reversed because
the Hudng Of tile Court VIVA aaatnek cFidence
aud 'ittr.one were reversed because Tho Courts
erred III rulings Upon questions OF law. In tile
sixty-eecond volume tburo are reported eigh.y-
two raveraals. OF &heee, four Woro ravevsod
bocauss tho ycrt1'cts Vore ngaisss e*iaencs md
ecvonty.e'sht OH tAe, ground Of er!srs comnts-
ted by tho Court. IN tho sfxty-third (ths lastl
volume OF onr 9tats Ilspptts, there afo
eighty-uno royersals. OF thcee. ten aso NJ
tho ground that The verdict OF the
Tried by the Court, jury having been waived,
we're rcvcraed on Tho ground that tho findings
wnre against eridenre. and sixt1-tlsrce becAuso
Of crrorA committed By the Courts in rulings
upon 9uss.ions OF law. Thus, out o. an sEGre-
n,nea of State Nennrss, 2U2 were raTersed for
errnrs nisds by this jury.
Tho record certainly does not furnish worry
strong rcsaons for ahothing jury tr.ala and
at ti,a law mud Of fact to tae Courts. II would
rather sccm to iudicnta tllat, wllo we .re onras-
ed in tl,e worf; Of reform, it il barely possible
that tho Geneh npy hs mprovrd: How Illogical
il wend b. t., ins1s; upon THIS showing tast We
upon. hut these facts cortoinlJ demonstrate
t!ial che tins las not get ARRIVED when 1t wuul
he sAfo to impose upon our Judges an! ado
tional labo-s. and that the determination OF
questions Ut law correctly 10 about MI that on&l,t
to be required OF the1o. and ID 'lnilB II much A.
they aro Capable OF dang.
"iot1o iltus " aeema entirelv to ualAappse-
bend my purpose in
CONTRASTING Iun1Es WITH JrDaEs.
He inquire. whether would not advocate !" n
complete Change Of system whereby our legal
diHnu:o shall be hntmtttcd 10 tie acven 1a"veIA
in tl,s Iir*t ,o.tancs and il their prentfce aanls
ial' 20 20 zoo cafe luSuee' lneh t9 tWelVa 1nr-
eau ,Eit' ,,a.t, uJ .s
1t seriously, What advocated III ths iotturo
criticised, mad now advocate, IL As complete a
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~ ~ 1is,u,s ~ - s,ess;nns - io,r a., s,at
cnn.threu M .nas .ns '',osss's "t lnstace aie con
M ~ ~ ,4s ,!st,.1,@ IN. i"r III H'.
r =. sNe !,1s l;ns f,.t rnn ~ IT,. uu i'; w." ~ :.
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n.,fo t rsTm ,n cnn1ts :, IN s,,r ~ ~ f"c
@ ntsa'e W IeI.',ns tle Son.'s lo uhulp aao 1uns-
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LET us LOOK At IT nRtEFAt.
Robert Ieasl'at,. WIG wan @ behsaIed ia lay,
Wha tor many years LORD Glhet Justice. ~.
ilogFnpher ssys OF AtIn. III haa no rule OF
Indictment but tio occnAInn ~ was to ser'e, an'i
lie kneT no occns!on "h'eh no could rot render
Suitable 10 law. Ito WAS 100 ignorant to be serE-
lcsable even to tue "teschcd politics ot that
Cont Cont any lnftnef thh'l ~ oi1nu eanpiiance:
Glllet.JHsilco Lining VINO nonr1'heu 10 iHn' ~
aotc1iooa hs ono "who, hY all setts of mean,
nesses frauaA aud atrocities. aided ~ natural
6hEeWuneBs, or fsthef 70" cona,ng, had
coulrayod ID Ealse himself from ron aeep o. o.
aeusl.g 10 10 pn,hhe Jnase OF ths
kihK's be"ch and IN tnat nitfa5lon nag shoNh
iaselt ready to ooey every mandate aha TO ''ah.
ans 70 eyefy sapfloe q saose VINO con'a CIV" h'n
sslll higher eieYatinn.' .
Chlef-Jcssco Ftts Jsmes u portrayed as one
nsea W we il,atrlneht 70 apply tae c1an'l, n.y.
nal lay aof tue pleasure OF the tSsant on tue
THRONE" thtcI-Justica hontaGue "as snbser-
went snof OF tre uoscrnmehs, ever fehus 70 uo