| Show CONDUCT Of CRIMINAL TRIALS Justice Davis of N Y Supreme Court Compares American And English Methods DISPARAGEMENT OF FORMER ER Chief Differences In Securing SurIng Jury Absence of or Appeals In Iii II England Would 1111 lime Ine Judge Select Jury lury JUI New York July Jul M OA A London Jn on dis dispatch patch to o the tho Times quite lengthily quotes Justice Vernon Vornon M J Davis DvIs of ot tIm tho New York supreme court court upon neon tho th difference between American and Eng Bag English lish criminal trials to the tho disparage disparagement ment lent of ot the tile former Justice Davis It I i will bo ho remembered presided at the second trial ot or Nan Patterson tho th chorus cholus girly Jb for tho the murder of ot Caesar Young the turf man Ills His fol tol followed followed lowed his witnessing lne in the tIle central criminal court ourt London the trial ot or John Smith and Chicago Chiago May Nay Churchill Churchil for tile the murder of ot Edward GuerIn of ot Devils Island fame Justice Davis sat on tho the bench with Mr II Justice Darling and saw Smith sentenced to life Ifa imprisonment anti amI the Churchill woolen woman to 15 IB years hours imprisonment In a I trial of scarcely six sl Justice Davis was asked If It ho thought such a it 1 speedy trial would be possible in America To this question Justice Davis Davs replied r pled Not under present circumstances There are IC two principal considerations which militate against such celerity Tho first of ot these is In connection with tho the selection sel of ot tho the Jury jur Everyone In ill n America reads the not one but many When a I sensational cases rIses arises the papers deal with wih tho the I whole matter mater In the minutest detail long before tho the case easels is called cale The Tho ho re result salt sult Is that It is almost Impossible to t get gel together 12 men who have not studied jim case coso and reached readIed a n judg judgment meat ment unfitting them for tor ns as nf jurors How low different here hero In England To days doys case had all ni the tile elements of sen sensation yet et the tile Jury was selected In Inexactly inexactly exactly two minutes In my I opinion the only way to meet the he Jury jur problem In the United States Is to permit the presiding magistrate to select the jury jairy with wih of ct course the tho advice of at the ho counsel In the case cose Undoubtedly however how el the tha duet chief fac factor factor tor in II trials here hero Is tho the ab sense ot of appeals This TIlts does away with wih the tho th constant interruptions arising out ot of objections by opposing counsel Tho cheif purpose of ot objections Is irs of course cure to obtain material for tor a suc sue successful appeal As there Is no appel appe appellate late hate division here huere there are arc practically ally no and find the trial proceeds rapidly and smoothly |
