, 1879-04-26

golden hope, but with red flames of re-
"morse; voices from the depths of nature
Sounding, Wo, wo unto him! OF such
'stuff are we all made; in such powder
s'mnes of bottomlsss guilt and criminal.
'ity-'if God restrain US not, as is well
"said d,-does the purest of us walk"
1t is, | say, an Indispensable qualifica-
tion to your Office and mine, that we
are thus welded with all the accused and
guilty of our race. In the discharge Of
your duty, then, gentlemen, do not at
tempt nor affect to discard your human
relationship to your erring iello man.
By this, would not by any means
have you infer, thnt your commseratou
tor any guilty, and therefore most un
fortunate, or for and deeply wronged,
fellow crsature, should operate to pre-
vent your finding "A true BILL" or mot
a true bill" exactly rs the facts display
ed before you, and impartially cnnsid-
cred, warrant. Thorough sympathy
at once with the public, the accused and
any interested witnesses will urge to
pralsworthy, painstaking and truth dis.
covering diligence, and will he key to
let you into a perfect possession of tho
real facts. But when diligence is yuurs,
and the facts are yours, fidelity, both to
the people at large and to the accused
himself, demands that your finding dis
close the result of that diligence aud the
true expression Of those facts
You will examine into no cases hut
! such ss are embraced in these instruct
ions, Aud unless shall hereafter other
wise direct, you will limit yourselves to
inquiries under 8 III and 172 of the
Criminal Code Of 1878, and to cases
arising under the Fee and Cost Act Of
1859, p. 800 to s75. and the Prison
Rule Act of 1877.
You are instructed to take to your
rooms, and before you proceed to your
other business carefully read over chap
ters XIV and XIV of the Criminal Pfac-
tice Act OF the Territory. Sections 1ec
to ITO, 173 to 175 and 17S 10 1888 inclu-
sive, Of these chapters, you will take
rs well calculated to inform you OF your
duties and privileges
Consume no time in listening TO testi-
niony, or discussing testimony, WHICH
would not be admissible in open court
before trial jury.
You should in no case find a true bIll,
unlcss the evidence before you, taken BY
itself and as II it were all the evidences in
the case, be Sufficient to thoroughly sat
isfy you of the guilt of the accused.
Evidence in favor of the accused should
not in any case be received by you ex
cept only when a reasonable doubt Of
guilt appears ON the lace OF the evidence
for tile prosecution and there seems to
he other evidence within reach which
would resolve the doubt. In snch case
that evid nee should be had before YOU.
and il, after its production, no reasonable
doubt remains in your mind OF the de-
fcndant's guilt, you should bring In q
bill against him. The prov sions Of
173 of our Criminal Code, which you
will have before you, are intended to
express what have Just been saying.
Tue aim is to prevent really guilty
man from escaping indictment. merely
because of lack OF evidence known to
be within reach, and which might be
ample to secure his conviction.
Finally, Gentlemen, study from the
start to be ever mindful of, and live up
to the oaths you have now taken; dis
charge your whole duty according to
the letter and the true spirit Of your SOL
emn obligation; and leave behind you,
tor the imitation of others, deeds and an
example becoming those who hold q
trust so honorable as yours.
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Yuf1eh beloyed Miss in Vancouver.