The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-17

witnesses, . woman, testissa S..
she went to. the dentists od,s.
evening ut 8 O'Clock and ~ n
tried to pull a tooth f6f ~.
the tooth broke, and blood
to flow. The boy told he, ~
would have to 60 away ana ~
back again when the tooth stcs.le
bleeding"
A Sample Casa
"She went away and vh., !
came back her Jaw wa ts-.s
swollen and she was suiferins
tensely. The boy explained ~, +,
could do nothing until the svs,s..
went down, but, as the main -.
great, she decided that She -,
have treatment immediately n.
went to another dentist. IN. s
dentist treated her and ertr.
the piece of tooth left in her -
and told her to take it back ~ n.
other dentist and show him ~.
had been done. "n9
The three brothers al s,.
that the boy was merely 4 hpchss.s
and that he had never been j. ~
dentists Office and had never -
q white coat In his life. B,t W. 4.
woman positively identified tn
and other witnesses also ides,,s.!
him and said he had treated -
in his brothers office. The ~
was placed In q group Of men y.
ed in the courtroom, insteaS. :
on the platform, and still M =
nesses had no difficulty in $780,
him out They were also
positive In their statement, ~!
could not be confused, and nv.
didn't have any reason tn
against the boy unless he really -
been in the Office
Furthermore, the boy did :.
make . good impression IN -.
court room. He had 4 re,,iS
Charlie Chaplin mustache. a lo,.,.
complexion and big, eloquent brusn
eyes, but he was too pert and An
pant and sure Of his ground.
I'D much rather be tried h, !
jury OF women than by 4 iurv =
men, he remarked on the morn,ss
that the case opened. "Womss
wouldn't be fair to a woman ~
was being tried, but with a man M
right" - 4
Thus the decision of tho M,
must have burst upon the yon,s
man with a tremendous shock M;
1t took them almost no time NJ n
to find him guilty of the serio,s
onense OF practicing dentistr,
without a license. At first tvo j;
the II women were inclined h
acquit him because they felt sorr,
Tor his brother, who had worked /,
hard to educate him, and W,
would now lose q good deal Of hi'
practice, but these did not hold IN
very long. The decision came 4
Just II minutes.
Judge Likes Women Jurox
Judge Dugan was tremendous,
pleased with the result of this tri,i
1t was, he declared. precisely IN
decision he would have made him
sell. Since then he has been a.
couraged to repeat the experiment
We have found women jurie
an unqualified success" he said n
Gently, and they have had the 4
feet OF making men iuries easier b
get. The men seem a little ashamel
OF themselves and they are nd
onering SO many excuses to escap
serving. | think including woml
! IN the jury lists will make n
whole business of jury-gettin,
easier. 1t doubles the number 4
available Jurors. for one thing.
1t is also possible to eet
higher type of women to serve on
!ury-the same type of men are 10
BUSY to serve. Some of the mai
jurles We have are almost feebl,
minded, and the verdicts they rel
der are absolutely ridiculous (
nave thrown out many yerdicts Q
men juries and ordered retail
Sometimes I let them stand. b.
cause it doesn't make any dife.
ence, anyway. But often the yel
diets are too irrelevant to III
facts"
! Judge Dugan is not sure Ii,
women would be as efficient in
murder case, or a long-dravn-ou
CIVIL case, where every point is u
basis OF a long argument. Thu
would get tired, of course, but thu
1t is not an unusual sight to see
masculine jury nodding and dozin
IN the jury box, entirely obliviou
to important testimony. Woms
could not do any worse than thii
he says.
| Anyway, the judge is going
Try it, and see what happens. n
/ panel OF 300 jurors for the Orans
court this year is to be made up Q
loo men and $50 women. And III
next thing that is to be tried
court is a mixed jury Of six ms
and six women. For the miIA
jury. it is believed. will be th
most successful kind of a jury eve
developed under our judicial s!t
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