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In his early career as a lawyer, his mode of reasoning was such as to make him practically a thirteenth juror in the panel; when his fame was fully established, he contrived, in some mysterious way, to seat himself by the side of the judges on the bench, and appear to be consulting with them as a jurist, rather than addressing them as an advocate.
It consisted in the mandarin-like clerk taking the names of all the jurors called to serve in this court for the month some fifty in all and putting them, each written on a separate slip of paper, in a whirling drum, spinning it around a few times, and then lifting out the first slip which his hand encountered, thus glorifying chance and settling on who should be juror No. 1.
Indeed, now the defense is disclosed, they appear to me to be wise and kindly letters, such as only a good wife, a high-bred lady, and a true Christian could write in so delicate a matter." Plaintiff's Counsel. My lord, we are agreed to withdraw a juror. Defendant's Counsel. Out of respect for your lordship's advice, and not from any doubt of the result on our part. The Crier. WACE v.
Any verdict other than one based upon pure conscience will be an injustice. An honest juror yields to no friendship, nor bears any enmity. He is moved by no sympathy, nor influenced by any prejudice. He seeks the approval of no one, nor fears the condemnation of anyone save that one unerring, silent monitor, his own conscience.
"I guess I was thyar," said a voice behind the judge, who shifted uneasily. McLaughlan went into the jury-box with a meaning look at Robinson, but without another audible word. "Mercy! mercy!" cried Walker. "You must not interrupt the proceedings," said Judge Lynch. "Haud your whist, ye gowk. Ye are no fand guilty yet," remonstrated a juror. The jury being formed, the judge called the plaintiff.
He had been obliged to give it up because of blood pressure or something like that. The foreman, or Juror No. 1, was an insurance agent. He was a man of fifty and he knew how to talk. His voice was loud, firm, overriding and unconquerable; his manner suave, tolerant, persuasive. This statement resulted in the first disagreement. No two watches were alike.
Is it impossible, is it improbable that, but for this trick or this blunder, I will not now inquire which, the result of the trial might have been different? For, remember the power which the law gives to a single juror. He can, if his mind is fully made up, prevent a conviction. I heard murmurs when I used the word trick.
He was endeavoring to impress the mind of the grand juror with the merits of a cause now at issue, Along with these was a pedestrian, who, having thrown a rifle frock over his shirt, and placed his best wool hat above his sunburnt visage, had issued from his retreat in the woods by a footpath, and was striving to keep company with the others, on his way to hear and to decide the disputes of his neighbors, as a petit juror.
If the case has attracted much attention, the juror knows the prevailing ideas as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant. When he takes his seat in the box he almost always shares that feeling. If the case is not one he has heard of or discussed, he can easily tell by the actions and surroundings of the court room how public feeling lies.
He ran towards her and shouted, but, before he could reach her, she was caught by the buffer of the engine and fell to the ground. A juror. "You saw the lady fall?" Witness. "Yes." Police Sergeant Croly deposed that when he arrived he found the deceased lying on the platform apparently dead. He had the body taken to the waiting-room pending the arrival of the ambulance. Constable 57 corroborated.
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