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Show A JUKV "('11,11 II UYV That was a pretty hard case which thn wires recently reported as halng Occurred Id Chicago, wherein a Jury refused to do Its duty becauso the court would not allow them certain "creature "crea-ture comforts" whllo on duty. Damages Dam-ages wero asked by a mother from a corporation because of tho loss of a child nine years old through the com-piuy'a com-piuy'a negligence; the facts being admitted, tho only thing to bs determined deter-mined was tho amount of damages proper to bo awarded. At soon as Ihe panel retired, or rather Immediately alter, a balllll cams from them with a rtquest for tbs Judgo (llrentano) to order tho following tuppllt t tent to the Jury room: One csso export beer. One quart Mollrayi r whisky. Ons uoton Hast' alo. Three decks of cards. Onequart Pepper whisky. one box r Igaro cigars. Dinner for twelve from the Hhorman house. Judgsllrontanorroporly and promptly prompt-ly refused to honor this modest requisition, requis-ition, and thu Jurors Immediately filed Into court and returned a erdlct tiling tho amount of damages at ouo ceut. This was a llttlo too much for human uaturo or Judicial decorum, and hit hinor rlghluoutly unuorkml lili visit of wruth and poured them out Upon ths hoada of that Jury, the mom-bora mom-bora of which wers left ttuuned nnd sptxchless. They wero not prepared for such u vigorous aud elaborate, denunciation de-nunciation from tho bench as they received re-ceived and It Is unnecessary to say that thvy ftlt the full foroo of it aud reallted for a llmo at least thu enormity ot their transgression. They had token on oath to find In nccordauoe with tho facia and their best Judgment, guided tyha rules laid down by thu court, and had not only violated tho ualu but ilono a gro Injustice to a deserving lltlrsnt N'n woiijer his honor bin ants wrathy, tn ws liter, yet to real wordof a 1 versa criticism of his action Ths men wers not without n reason for their contemptible conduct, even If they wers deslltuta of Justification. Jurors have becoiio habituate 1 1? do-Ingahout do-Ingahout as bust suits Ibem whou deliberating delib-erating on a verdict, the law at given by Ihe court an I lio faots as admlltal lnstldeiice toonfttn dgurln? merely aslnclJents rather than the elements out of which a verdict should bs wrought. This uncbeoked hat a tendency ten-dency to mike them nutooratlo If not Insolent, aud auytblnz they may seo fit to do tins lo"go.'' At such times and under such clroLmitanoM a vernal csrtlgatlon llko that Inflicted by Ihe Chlcagojudgolsapttobe highly sslu-tary. |
