The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-02-20
May Jurors Eat and Drink.


Apropos of the jury drinking during
the trial of the seven bishoys, it is stated
in Inst 227, that ''when the evidence
is given the jury are to be kept together
till they bring in their verdict, without
meat or drink, fire or candle, otherwise
than with leave of the court who may give
then leave to eat or drink at the bar, but
not out of court. If jurymen, after being
sworn, either before or after they are
agreed of the verdict, eat and drink, the
verdict may be good but they are Unable;
but if it be at the charge of either parties
the verdict is void. Old Dyer mentions
a case where the judge was informed that
the jury had eaten food after they had
retired, and he found that they had had
some ''pippins, of which some confessed
that they had eaten, but others said they
had not. His lordship severely repri-
manded them all, and fined those who
had eaten twelve shillings each, ''for
that they had them Il. e., the apples) in
Henry VIZ it appeared by motion in
the Court of Queens Bench that in a
case tried before Lord Chief Justice
Reed, the jury, after being locked up
and before giving their verdict, had
eaten and drank. The Chief Justice
fined them heavily but took their verdict.
An application was made in term to set
aside the verdict for rirregularity, the jury
having eaten when they ought to have
tasted; and another motion was made to
have the fines inflicted upc.1 the jurors
remitted. The ''twelve good men and
tlue' said that they had all made up
their minds before they ate, and return
ing into Court to deliver their verdict,
found that the Lord Chief Justice had
run out to see fray; thereupon, not
knowing when the Judge would return,
they had eaten refreshments. The Court
held the fines to have been properly
inflicted, but did not disturb the ver-
dict
In Iowa, lately, it was decided that the
drinking of two glasses of beer by q
juror, pending trial, after the adjourn
ment of the Court, and eleven hours be-
fore another session, did not vitiate the
verdict; nor does the taking, by juror,
during the trial, of small quantity of
intoxicating liquor for medical purposes,
at night, afford grounds for new trial.
And in other States the taking of
spirituous refreshments is not of itself
sufficient ground for setting aside ver-
dict, nor even though the drinking was
in saloon and with the Sheriff. AL
though if juror takes the liquor at the
invitation and at the expanse of the
party who afterwards gets the verdict, OF
at his own expense drinks so much that
he does not know what he is about, O new
trial will be granted. d.-AtbaRy Lao
Journal.
WHEN WERE TROUSERS FIRST WORN
IN ENGLAND PIT is generally known to
us middle aged men, by tradition %
that breeches began to give place to
trousers during the first decade of the
present century, but it is not generally
known that the trousers were actually
worn by London exquisites in the latter
years of the last century. cit will be
observed. says writer in Ariiss's Pocket
Magazine of Classic and Polite Litera-
ture, New Series, Volume 3, 1925, ''from
the following description of dandy,
published in 1871, that trousers were
then in fashion, and were considered as
a ridiculous article of dress: Advertise
day night, supposed in the lobby of the
new theater, an overgrown Baby, who
arrived but two days ago in town, from
the country. He had on light colored
coat with cape hanging carelessly over
lreeches, which reach down to his
ankles; and an old pair Of his grand
mammals spectacles, which he converted
into an opera glass. He had on his sis
ter's high-crowned hat, and his hair cut
SO short that you might observe his bare
poll. Laughs great deal; can swear a
few fashionable oaths, but does not
know how to write his name. Answers
to the name of Master Jackey. As he
had only sixpence week pocket money,
it is feared he is detained in some cake
TURKISH MANNERs.-Neim, who sat op-
posite me, after helping me to some
chicken broth, highly favored with oil
and cinnamon, suddenly helped himself
to few spoonfuls, which he ate with a
great deal of noise and ip-smacking, and
then he suddenly proceeded to fill up my
plate with the same spoon. was quite
aghast. = It was the same thing
throughout the dinner. Though he had
plates, spoons and all the table neces-
saries, Neim had wooden ladle for HIM
self, and he not only helped up with this
but used it for his own eating. putting it
back into the dishes at every mouthful.
The chicken he divided with his fingers,
sucking them we'll afterward; and finally
selzing my husbands tumbler, drank it
off, called for more water, filled it up
again, and gravely handed it back to
him. But, in truth. even the
educated Turks have not the least
delicacy in eating. Unacquainted with
usages of good society, they cannot un-
derstand our objections to their man.
ners.-t Our Home in Cyprus = Mrs.
Stevenson.