Show Superstition and Juries After having sat on many juries the observant man is of the opinion that the whole human race is still strongly strong strong- ly fy tarred with the brush of tion klan I 1 am ann confirmed in that belief by the amount of oC damages invariably voted to whose injuries smack of superstitious su suo su- su origin he said If a load r f bricks should fall from a fifth firth story v onto the head of a man who happened to be walking under a ladder Je e get twice as much damages tr U if th the ladder ladder were were not there The of f bad luck that attaches to a adder ladder would insensibly influence every Juror and the sum awarded would reflect re re- re- re their prejudices and sympathies |