The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-07-31
The Twelfth
Jurywoman
By DWIGHT NORWOOD

umphed III l!I21 they not only gained
the franc hlS.. nut laws We're passed
imposing upon them the same duties
as men. They were dra wn as juryw"
men and Wrre eligible TO sit On the
bench Different experiments i'll jury
duty were Irl"d one of which WAS thu
making ny 81 n jury ot mixed men
and women
The ease of Grace Fleming against
Francis IddIp$tou for breach Of prom
Use attracted universal attention Ih'
Jaw ~ II stood Al the time required
that All ranps ut breach ut pruWlS-
should hp rI1ed before II Jury at Hh
mnrllrd pprSuIlr. SiX beng ulApS an"
six females There beng great rus
for Hduittdure to h"Al the pllnahi
evidence that II WIS expected Woutd
np ,Yunght ont. il number OF y"un4
men and WouIem Slruv" to he inuHh
cled on thu. jury. The result WAS SIN
vnung men and SIX NuunG women Wrr
drawn ana accepted all ut WHOM.
were OF the better class, ana tn
young wuu.rn We're ah good t"oEIn2
II %n> proved "om"llNlNri\ ola IN.
trial that Iddlpston mad proposed I"
Miss Fleming aud thai she had accept
ed him. tra the dvtendAntS r"lih~e
brought in evidence to show that ~hr
had been engaged to another man II
the saup time The Judge rlArged
that If the jury were satisfied that tn
defendant mad prol"Srd to the pam
| tiff they WERE to return verdict !
her favor But if they were Shtl>t"
| thai the plaintiff mad engaged htE~'
to another man while she was rlGas
ed to lddle~tOn they were 10 tihd f"I
| the defendant.
one Of the turvmpn gave an ar"nhh
of the proceedings IN the jury room
while verdict was hein" conSld'1'eu
| of which, th- following Is SYNOPSIS
| ION reaching the jury ro'ln W" a.
ranged ourselves in Il circle. men nm
women hplmG placed alternately AN
proceeded TO consider the case At mr."
there were remarks from uen ana W"
| men nike, but SiduFIdllH tllt NV ''''l'
ped ont of the discussion. leaving 1t t"
the women Two women considered
Iddleston's offer binding on him: W.
women considered that NJ was hhShN
ed be Miss Flemings hring Engaged L"
another man. while the other two jury
women took the ground that Mr. lddr
sion had been treated very badly ~
the plaintiff
THE discussion on the part OF thu
iurywomen lasted so long that sonl'
Of MS began to yawn. First one won
an. then another dropped out of it III
til b,H one woman remained to combat
for her opinion Then one of the wo
neB asked another if she had seen the
new skirt This switched the CONVEX
sation on 70 another track than thu
case in question. and in few minutes
the women were debating the fashions
Seeing an opportunity, we men began
to consider the breach OF promise case
We discovered that we all agreed that
the woman. having been engaged tc
another during the time she was en-
gagged TO Tddeston. had no claim.
We announced to our fellow jury
women that half of the jury were
agreed on a verdict, requesting the
other half to follow our example They
at once turned their attention to the
matter in point. but as there were
three different opinions among then
and each woman stOutly maintalneC
her own view time passed without 4
verdict. At o'clock in the evening
supper was brought in and after that
since the women could not agree anC
were tired Of the subject, we pa1ret
off, each man with a woman, and sa
flirting till 10 o'clock. when we were
marched of to separate hotels for the
night
THE next day messenger wen
from us with note to the judge, who
supposing 1t to contain question o
law. called the court together Ill
honor was much astonished at a re
quest for a clergyman. Since Their
, was no reason for denying the reques
a dominic was sent to us, and two
our number were married
There is something contagious abou
matrimony, and as the parson wa
p leaving he was called back to MARI
= another couple That afternoon on
of the men who had been making u
to another of the jurywomen pre-
| posed that we make it unanimous an
all be married This was rushing ma
ters, and the only woman left NJ
i pledged declined to take the only r
- naming unpledged man. While "
were trying to persuade her the 1udE
D., sent to know If we had reached We
y dict The foreman sent back VOL
that we had case Of an obstina
twelfth jurywoman. but we hope
:, soon to bring her to an agreement
! Half an hour later we all filed In
" the courtroom and were asked Il
:, usual question:
"'Have you agreed to a verdictT
I'VE have agreed to something els
replied our foreman.
X "'what d. YOU meanr asked t
judge. surprised.
10 -Four u our twelve have been ms
ried in tho iury room. and we ma
- agreed TO make it unanimous. the re
TO be married here by your honor
court
'" "'RHt the verdict In the case tn
, has been tried before your excialm
w. the nstuni$heA Judge. Were yon
y" able Ia bring the obstinate jury"
man 10 an ayrrementT
I'VE brought her to an agreemei
!" your honor. tn marry the eleven
}. juryman. :.
X -'Case dismissed said the Judge
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