Show S h S Jurors r Who Read ad i f. f co S 9 oIN o- o IN JN THESE days of rapid communication the theman I man who is not informed on current events 5 Js is the he exception The time when men went v 4 for months and d years cars without t seeing a new news news- p paper per or or hearing a a- a lecture is JS gone 1 A clear I I comprehension and nd understanding of current I I happenings is essential to th the successful conduct conduct con con- duct duct of all lines of industry So it Js is that the who man does not read the newspapers s fV l generally regarded as as one who who who-is is distinctly behind hind the times Often the indictment of- of this S ni nian n is not so mild iId 5 But in iii the face of all this the American courts c c are tre still looking for jurors who have t not read the newspapers They seem to feel hat i hat acquaintance with circumstances es surround surround- S ng a a. a given give case ase prohibit impartial consideration tion of the evidence Nothing could be fur- fur flier from the truth for the simp simple e reason fh that t the intelligent citizenship holds holds' an an open mind nind Now as never before the American public looks hooks for both side sides of public problems and Ild d judicial arguments There here may have been a time when the printed pir ted W word d convinced th the individual against his better judgment but this must have against been when it was not so common as it is today I Trials by jury imply hearings before a g group of f equals but can u we e say that we attain this when we insist o before men who shut I themselves off from c current events vents men who have not made the same effort to gain gam intelligent intelli gent reas reasoning ning power as we have The courts soon must recognize that juri juries s composed of Jf men who do not take advantage of the resources resources resources re re- re- re sources of df education cannot render the same degree of s service to humanity and the courts as those cO composed of men who exercise all of their fa faculties and use every resource resource at their command for greater development of these faculties |