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Show Stkanok Conduct of a Juror. The following letter was received yesterday yes-terday evening, from a business gentleman gentle-man in town : Salt Lake City, July 14th, 1S70, 4 p.m. Editor Salt Luke Ilarald : The time once was that when a difficulty diffi-culty arose between two individuals and it became necessary to i djut ; he same bv law, aa intelligent jury would patiently liten. and wi'li Uhbiasc. teuiti-is render a jut verdict according to the evidence adduced Hut now a very different aspect seems to present itself to our gaze. Your correspondent, correspond-ent, hearing that thtre was a ca.e on t trial to day, in Faust's Hall, just stepped in, and fuund that there really was; but whether it was a trial by a picked jury or a jewry picked, 1 could not determine; but one thing I did however, determine, which was that one, at least, ot said jurors had already made up his mind in regard to the cast, from this tact-that when one of the counsel for the plaintiff in his plea seemingly made a point in favor of Im-dent, Im-dent, this very juior "put in" a good laugh and clapped his hands. .Sow, Mr. Editor, ihis may be all right; but as 1 am not po.--ted in law m aters, I mat confess that it looked to me all wrong. What the result of this trial may be, I cannot at present say ; but sincerely hope it will be in ta-vor ta-vor of right. I remain, Yours respectfully, Citizen. Not having visited the courts for some time we cannot personally say how matters are conducted there, and, consequently, have expressed no opinion opin-ion concerning them, although we have lately heard several com Jieuts concerning concern-ing them of a not very complimentary character. The juror, rho would act in the manner described knows little of the responsibility ot his position, and is unfit to perforin its duties. He shouJd, at the least, have been repii-manded repii-manded by the Court. |