Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-06

palms the members II the club gathered about
the table, and following the dinner engaged in
a. interesting discussion % the jury system.
JUSTICE HEEwER's REMARKS.
Justice Brewer was the attractive feature Of
ths evening and h delivered an interesting dis
course on the jury system, which he inter
sper-ed with several pleasant stories told Of
judge - courts IN various parts of the coun-
Try. BsIug the Youngest justice on the SUI
preme count bench he felt perfectly NJ home
among 20 many yuung men and he felt proud
of the fact that he young man OF the
Ya-ty. The Justice spoke IN favor ~ the jury
sy-tsm. and gave many reasons whv the system
should continue unless some better plan Is
adopted lie thought that the trial % cases by
judge was not near 80 satisfactory as trials by
iurV when a man o. charged with an otense
AMI b. knuws thnt h. d O. b. tired by jury Of
ais friIDw citix.u- h. certainly expects justice
a their hands and even u the Jury does him an
injustice ~ ~ the power Of the court to
rectif, the mistake. II l. far better that men
f-rr1 thr various waik- - life should hear and
determine cg--- and especially - this with
civii cases. NICdgs might well enough deter
mine and settle al points 81 law involved. but
1h-n be- comes Co tx the damages he IL Ger
tainIy not a. capable Of doing are men
~uu are an pursuit 81 vurious occupations and
VII. are. rerlnDs. better acquainted with
nous value.
WHT EUuGrs SHOULD NOT TRY CssEs.
Then there is ~other auI perhaps important
rca-,n wnv tne .slaI 81 eases should not be had
Js.ore inl gcs. \ judge compelled TO sit in
~.rct month .u ana month out = necessarily
compelled Co decide against some body. and
.rrv lime b. does -H Pc D. pretty apt to incur
she hatred OF some one. ald during the course
o. l wear ria-r g. -gaIu-t h,m prejudice and
a.fftG VLI#A would lead uany 10 the belief
shot o.. f- obstinate or partial aud that fair
...sI could NOT o.. had Il = not so with the
#rr.s an. wa hoy sTt
.r- n meath o. a term and with them leaves all
remembrance of trlI'-. and N the course Of \
&. ia months tla persons who have been decided
AZ .H-t f1r set even the names Of the jurors.
.rl there 81 no malice held against them. The
NV sv-fcm therefore. the judge said, is
l,-srd and noble Institution. and be no
.casou uhy % .uouid be- abolished. lie under
.. sod how bard 10 vas % get good citizens to do
.Irv .sryicJ. e-rerIa.ly o. the large cities, and
.e also Thought that perhaps n smaller number
nan Is now provided might hear and determine
"sss-. Bat on ttIi point lie had no decided opin-
aon 10 express.
SONS JURY pIsAnvANTAGEs.
Then. too. he said. the Jury system has its
di-advautages. There l. such a thing as a cor
rupt jurymar. be Was sorry to say. and it
also true that persons interested IN cases have
Iso been known 90 use imYroI er means TO have
he verdict recorded their way. lie had known
2 civil ~ & m Kansas m mining cases where
legitimate e.rsuse- had been as much as
5000 In such cases he could readily i'm
sglue Nhat temptation 10 would be to some
,ersou- O. Jumper with the jury.
Then the rstice told several stories, among
hem one uf "a a federal judge had been able
. nske the ju. Y bring m a verdict TO suit him
&c also an amu-.-g story ~ Idge's ruling
won = question a, a. the admission OF evil
'sLe-.
Following this Justice Brewer said he had
verdict aud had thought that = unanimous
vote should not be required m order TO get
verdi-t. By rsgui-tng -gch a vote It places too
much power IN the hands of one man. and If
there be one corrupt man on jury he can Of
course prevent q verdict
THE VOTE or TEE JURY.
Il have often thought" be said that a vote
% thres-fourth- or even n larger vote than that
should be taken making verdict. would
make the vote 80 near unanimous that it would
virtually he unanimous vote
he thought that such change would be of
great service and would materially benefit the
jury system IL would at least prevent one cor
rupt Eau from defeating The ends OF justice
After all. he -ald the trial by Jury Is presided
over by judge and n there isanvthlng wrong,
n there i an injustice To- a defendant. the judge
can rectify the mistake. and the defendant
therefore, has the benht Of both judge and
iurv.
could come 20 no conclusion other than that the
system magnificent Institution and one
which should continue.
The jusuce's remarks were highly appreci-
Atsd and he received the applause Of those
about the table.
GENERAL DISCUSSION.
President BrandeubaTg who presided COM
phmented the justice and formally opened the
meeting for discussion.
II l.
mark on the part ~ the club and was followed
bv number % Others The discussion lasted
until a ate hour ami then there was a social
gathering % members and friends.
Amuug the members 81 the club present
we're Clearance A. Brauienburg George l..
v iIian-ou. George n. Brown. jr; W W
Wright Jr-. ". j. Ford. rercivsl VI. Brown
Alexander h. Nullowney. Walter Wright Geo.
~. brgw 4. G.. Tucker. p. Hilton Jackson
lert. ]. Schneider. I. n. Brooks Bernard H.
TAYLOR. Clarence ". lie Knight W IL Glen
denim. Eiu.rd y. Anderson. Walter Clephane
and I. Percy Mysr-.
The guc-t- were Mr. David i. Brewer. A. A.
Hehliug. II, Harrison }. Barrett Albert B.
Iaw-1u. n. Bard Sumpson Of Baltimore
George {. Auksm and Herbert ". Burdett.
sKErcH oT rHE cLrB.
The Round Table Club was organized bv a
number Of Young LAWYERS and students a; law
IN December % 1891. All matters Of business
aPper;ainiag 70 the welfare % tine club we're
pls-ei nter tne control % executive com
uittea that consisted % George n. Blown, IT,
president Clarence A. BFandenburg. vice
president. aud ". l.. Ford. secretary aud
Treasurer. The Jldictuus management 81 affairs
b. this COMMITTEES and ~ successor has placed
me club IA a Nerv prosperous condition. At
thr tua- - the conception % the CLUB it, Pro
m1tsr- were dssirugs that the interest should
not lag tho case with many literary
socieu--. - 70 vas decided o. form a social
gathering for the discussion % topics Of general
interest some What after the order OF an after
dinner clIb. The mode % conducting
tue meetings varies az times as ar
ranged ty the executive committee.
There are, however. two salient features: the
dinner AMI an opportunity aIways accorded to
each and every member 20 participate in the
exercises - 20, evening. The latter Is usually
accomplished bv having a member present an
original paper upon some interesting topic or
BY having some cuIIus ~ man address the club
Af;sr which the subject matter l. open for dis
cus-ion o. az present Guests OF the club are
privileged 10 take part IN these proceedings.
Perfect freedom prevails at all the meetings
aud n during the discussion members should
disagree 0u any point u 10 always argued until
ssaiisfactory couclu-lcn . reached. Thus every
snbIect h thoroughly discussed
susE SUBJECTS DISCUSSED.
A. ume- members selected 20 respond to
toa-ts and The club l. thus enabled to cover
quite . field. The dinners are held once a