Show BRAINS IN THE J JURY U RY BOX A bill is now before the legislature of if now york to amend tho the a do of criminal procedure in that t tate so that readers of newspapers jray bo be accepted as jurors T the ho Ino for its passage is said to bo be gcoy cod as it is well indorsed endorsed indor sed by bench and bar the now nov york star aptly beads dispatch in reference refe renco to tho the matter brains in the jury box this ex pressess concisely just what is of law according to existing practice confession by a joiy conscript that ho is an habitual r rader ador of newspapers and in conse 11 once is in informer formet as to tho pub imick facts in a given case is is y efficient to cause his bis rejection As i result the ti velve twelve good men and line i tie are arc too frequently below the nv i crage of intelligence and therefore inadequately fo for r their important as well as delicate di 11 ty tv the selection sol fiction in important cases to which the public eye hns has been aira directed acted by tho the press is too often a shocking spectacle to who respect the law and ii n yero vero its ita administrators it is h little else than a harass 11 ii g search for igno ignorance rahce and 01 1 l eness tile the proposed law in xv w york would remedy this jjustice to intelligence and stop it 0 decline of respect for the law vi in d the machinery of its execution i bicci is one of tho dangers of this aw e of irreverence an and d questioning jur jury y reform is desired th through rough oi 01 t the length and breadth of tho I 1 cited states therefore thor eforo action on oil 11 1 0 bill now in tho the hands ot of the j 14 gisla tors of now new york will be i dely significant of future good 11 ir evil it is to bo be hoped that the 1 comoters orn oters of tho alio bill ivill have tl ti cir eirl labor abor for alic public w welfare kfare v owned with success |