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Show ft iuulikgs PAGE SEVEN THE DRAGERTON TRIBUNE, DRAGERTON, UTAH Tuesday, July 18, 1950 Dy John Jarvi s GOOD CITIZEN Jury Duty Chance for Front-RoView of U. S. Justice at Work w true bill or and draw up an indictment formal charge, against him. If they think there is no probability of guilt, the accused is set free. The cita secrecy of the proceedings is closeof The second promise good izen: I will serve on a jury when ly guarded. asked. IN A FEW states the grand jury When you receive a notice of may be done' away with, even In Jury duty, your first reaction may murder and the charges may be, Brother, how can I get out of thus be cases, brought by the prosecutor, this? It interferes with 'your work to avoid delays incident to grand or leisure. Its a lot of trouble. The jury hearings. pay is chicken feed. According to common law, the Yet anyone who dodges responjury is composed of 24. State sibility or jury duty digs his little grand statutes require a quor spadeful away from the foundation um of 12 generally 16 for action. to of one of our countrys broadest A trial Jury, petit jury or comfreedoms. mon jury is used In all cases except The obligation to serve on a Jury when the accused elects to be tried is the reverse side of the right of by the court or is charged with only trial by Jury. a petty offense. It functions only When you sit in a jury box and after the grand Jury has returned look at the accused on the stand, an indictment against the accused. how can you fail to say, There, Witnesses are presented both by but for the grace of God, go I? the prosecuting officer in the behalf Or, when listening to the two sides of the state or commonwealth and of a damage suit, how can you fail by the attorney for the defendant to say, What if I were in the Yft len the testimony is finished, same fix? each attorney sums up for his A jury of 12 impartial, openside, after which the prosecutor minded men and women, a little (in criminal case) or plaintiffs cross section of the community, counsel (in civil case) has the last under oath, is every mans protec- word. tion against injustice, individual The presiding judge then charges and intolerance perseor instructs the jury, telling it the prejudice, cution. laws that apply to the case and As- one authority said, facts to keep in mind in reaching discriminate correctly be- - its conclusion.' tween conflicting items of evidence, TnE PETIT or common jury is to determine whether a skillful pre- employed in civil cases, except varicator is twisting facts to his where the issue is one of such a own advantage, to sense when they nature that the case may be deare being grossly exaggerated, or cided by the court '(judge) without manufactured out of whole cloth, a jury. The procedure is much the sometimes requires the highest de- same as in a criminal case, except gree of judgment, education, exper- that the district or states attorney has no connection with it Private ience and mental acumen. when our busiest, citizens, and not the state or comTherefore, most responsible and most intelli monwealth, are the prosecutors in a civil suit, except where the state gent citizens avoid jury duty, one a civil interest, as in a tax case, has of our greatest liberties starts fall' for example. ing apart. A coroners jury is Impaneled by the coroner to help decide facts JURY DUTY is a chance to have death of one or more surrounding view of how our demoa front-ropersons when there is cause to cratic justice is administered. believe that death may have reYou may have wondered why jus- sulted from a criminal act. The tice moves so slowly and why so coroner acts as presiding judge, much expense is justified In some has the power to call witnesses and times minor cases. From your seat may place suspected persons under in the Jury bond to await grand jury action. box you will In many states, the coroners jury gain a new consists of six men (or women). It and com is customary to select jurors from forting real- among citizens who were at or near ization that the scene where the death or the system deaths took place. In other cases of pleas, the coroners jury is composed of rules of evi available citizens picked at random. obdence, The coroner himself selects them. jections, ex This article Is Chapter S of the beoklet "Good Cttlsea" prodaeed bp ceptions and the Ameriean Heritage Foundation, legal briefs and arguments, com sponsors of the freedom train. A complete book map be obtained bp plicated as it is, gives time and op 5 cents to tho American sending portunity for the slightest ray of Heritage Foundation, 17 Cast utk Street, New York, N. V. possible innocence to shine out for the truth to prevail beyond the shadow of any reasonable doubt. Americans Neglect Their J a series ef 10 a articles from the booklet Good published by The American Her the itay s Foundation ofconcerning an American. rights and duties r- - trial, they bring in a CIU-te- STAR DUST Beautiful Ilona Massey Stars In Radio Series Top Secret ' By GERHARD INEZ ILONA MASSEY, has had Barbara Gibson, the young girl whose debut on The Telephone In playing a beautiful spy; Hour was received so enthusiasshe did it in two movies, Inter- tically, will sing on the program Invisible again July 24.- - The next night national and Lady new shell sing with the New Haven So in the her role Agent NBC Monday night series, Top Symphony, conducted by Donald her is Secret alley. It Voorhees. right up on the actual experiences is based of a spy whom she knows, but who Columbia's Sidney Buchman production, The Hero, star ring John Derek, will not only expose the methods of colleges amateur in buying also but will reveal players, trick formathe workings of tions used by famous teams. Buchman has arranged to shoot a large number of the football scenes in slow motion, so audiences can see Just what goes on. so-call- ed ILONA MASSEY could not possibly be so beautiful as Ilona. Youve heard her sing and in Balalaika Rosalie; she has fun as a comedian in her latest picture, the Marx' Brothers Love Happy. By the time you read this she may have publicly announced that the marvellous new ring she wears on her left hand means that marriage is in the offing; as yet she hasnt admitted it. The longest and highest stairway in the world, within the heart of Hoover dam, was photographed for the first time for Columbias 711 Ocean Drive, starring Edmond OBrien and Joanne Dru. Reaching 723 feet from the foot of the dam to the roadway that crosses the top, it climbs up a shaft through the concrete structure, using 1500 iron steps. Sunday at 7 P.M. is an hour of new significance since NBC detective-drama new launched the series, $1,000 Reward. A mystery drama is presented, then comes the telephone call to a listener who has a chance to solve the case and win Porter Hall, the character star, that thousand. If he fails, the money has a nice, meaty role in Para- goes into a jackpot. The real mysmounts Ace in the Hole, starring tery how to make sure youre the Kirk Douglas and Jan Sterling. one getting the call!v Laid in Albuquerque, N. M., it is e the story of a newspaper Lanny Ross will play host to then who hits the skids, reporter a group of underprivileged boys sees a chance for a comeback while at his Melody Farm on July 23. covering the story of a man imprisThe boys will be given fishing oned below ground. Hall plays the paraphernalia and spend the newspaper editor. day on the pond, with a prize waiting for the best fisherman. Bandmaster Paul Lavalle and ODDS AND ENDS . . . Dick will make his Band of America a recording of American Jones, featured in Warners Rocky marches for the State Departments Mountain. is a carpenter between Voice of America. It will be re- pictures; is a union member in good leased in .Italy, with Lavalle doing standing, too . . . Its reported that the commentary, in Italian. Douglas Croft, who played James Yankee Cagney as a child in Doodle Dandy and Ronald ReaClaudette Colbert recently gan as a bdy in Kings Row, now met her oldest fan General cooks hamburgers at a drive-i- n W. Moore, 98, who joined James . . . With television cutting in on the Confederate . Army in 18G3. night-tim- e radio, some of the best He has always liked Claudette; shows air may take to daylight when a radio show took him to hours. the Coast he met her on the set of The Secret Fury. 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