Show THE READERS READER'S COURTROOM Regard Jurors as Human Beings By y Will Bernard LB Must You Have a Completely Open Mind In Order To Sit On a Jury A woman was waa summoned for tor Jury duty In In a murder trial Asked whether she he had an open mind on the case she admitted that she he bad had read about it in the newspapers pers pets and had formed a tentative opinion as to the guilt of ot the accused ac CUBed cased man However she ahe added that she he felt no personal prejudice t ia J iLEO I and and would make her final decision deci stun Ion on the basis of ot what was brought out in court Under the cir clr circumstances the Judge decided that the woman could qualify as a Juror He lie commented Moat Most Intelligent people and all ail educated p people read newspapers and they would bave have to be more than human if 11 they did not form torm some ome opinion Therefore to reject them as a. Jurors juror tor for this thI reason rellon is la to put a premium upon ignorance A salesman took a gut for tor a ride In m the country durin during a rain storm tonn Although the tires Urel were worn moo smooth the man drove alan along at a alively alively lively pace On a curve the car began bean skidding and skidding-and and finally crumpled crumpled crum pled against a large luge boulder near the edge ode of ot the road The girl was badly injured and sued for dam ages The Tha salesman's defense was that h he be hadn't been beau exceeding the highway speed peed limit Umit but the court decided be ba bad had been negligent any bow taw tad and d held bIleS him liable bU because cC a It dangerous circumstances May You Prevent Your Neighbors From Cooking Onions An elderly couple lived in an apartment over a shoe store As AI it ft happened both huSband and wife dearly loved onions onion and cabbage cabbage- and they ate these succulent foods every day in the week In fact tact they even kept their windows closed dosed so as to preserve the beloved odor as 11 Ion long I as II possible I As AI a result of this habit the smell ell seeped down into the store tore below When the storekeepers storekeeper's complaints were unavailing un tin- availing he went to court for tor an in junction The judge decided that it was perfectly legal to cook onions and cabbage In an apartment but it wasn't legal to Impose the aroma on the neighbors S eIf e If a o Bus Window Drops DropsOn On Your Elbow May You Collect Damages A man was riding downtown on a bus resting his hi arm on the sit sill of an open window As AI the bus bu jogged over a street treet car track the window dropped down on DR the mans man's elbow He lie was painfully injured and later sued the company for tor damages damage The company insisted that this was W Q d I ice Just an unfortunate but the court nevertheless ranted granted the riders rider's claim The Judge JUde r. r raid U that there being no evidence of anybody tampering with the latch something some om thin thing must have been wrong with the tha mechanism and mechanism and that was the fault tault of ot the bus compa company |