The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-09-29
A JT DGE SUGGESTS
THAT ALL JURIES BE- ABOLISHED
SAVE IN CRIMINAL TRIALS.

business in the Courts.
form of the jury system:" Judge Jameson
WAS asked.
"Thcrr is only one way: abolish i, alto
Getllrr. 1t is absolutely useless for anything
hut to increase and multiply the delays and
veNatiuiiS of litigation. 1t is the most OK
rrnsivr and cumbersome clog in the already
cumbersome machinery of legal iurispu-
deuce Except in criminal cases it is un-
Necessary My idea about civil eases is to
have them tried 10y IL bench of three Judges
The advantage of such an arrangement
would be an enormous saving IF expense: it
would expedite tie h,lsines, which the courts
already have to do. and it would cut down
tile amount of litigation 40 Ter cent. Why,
it is notorious among the judges and men,
berS of the bar that hnlf the suits brought in
this county ought not to he instituted at all,
and that seven out of every ten that are
brought ought not to le dclcn,led 1t is hot
the people who demand jurors for the trial of
civil cases. 1t is tho lawyers
''Why is that
"Bcca.lse jury is moro susceptible Of in
tlucncc than II judge. Because lawyer who
has IL poor ease will calculate on getting Al
disagreement if not Il Ncr .ict and with that
as an al.g,nent he can force IL settlement in
behalf of his client. 1t is tho experience of
every it,l..,. that when a LAWYER has n poo,.
case llr viii not try il before tho court. and
thl, when he has, a good case he will III the
pialili III or the defendant is n woman, n fury
is invariably demanded She calculates on
The exercise of Establishments which would
ln. notifications with a iulee, but profitable.
when upphcd ON Il susceptible young juror
A ],vyc,. thinks of II Jury that he cnn con
vince at least one ,unn on it and induce him
tu conn, 1o hi. wny of thinking and no hos
iust twelve chances with a iury. where he
woull hoy,. three with beucn arranged ne
cor,llur to my way of thinking.
",uoth,r thiur, nl,out i,lrors is tLnt nearly
every ynr,lic, is II gambling verdict iury
ismurn ;.lu to ren,er a Judgment ON thr tju
of n po;,nv ,u,n by any consideration of tI,.
merits of "a ,.usc. have heard jurors saw
that they have reached n verdict bv .nrl,
man ,n,,tiu.- down sum. which i, added mn
and ,l,yi,l.,l by twelve WHY. tho whole
thn.. is - ridiculous fnrcc The comicol sid,
of the iury system often impresscs me. Tnke
n ,onu,li.nlr,l east, involving booll,ccnnt.
and involved accounts It's qualifications mr.,
sufficient to ,mzxle II i;llre vy,mrjruccd IN
tryiu,, such eases Whit then can lo suid of
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