Show superstition and juries after having sat on many juries the observant man la Is of the opinion that the whole human race Is still strongly tarred with tho the brush of superstition 1 I am confirmed in that belief by the amount of damages invariably voted to plaintiffs whose injuries smack amuck of superstitious origin he ha said bald it if a load of bricks should fall from a fifth story window onto the head bead of a man who happened to be walking under a ladder be would get twice as much damages as s it the ladder were not there the lemeut of bad luck that attaches to a ladder would insensibly influence every juror furor and the sum awarded would reflect their prejudices and sympathies |