| Show A JURY CALLED DOWN that was a pretty hard case which the wires recently reported as having occurred in chicago wherein a jury refused to do its duty because the court would not allow them certain creature comforts comfor while on duty duly dam ages were asked by a mother from a corporation because of the loss lose of a child nine years old through the corn com danyle i negligence egli gence the facts facto being admitted the only thing to be deter mined was the amount of damages proper r to be awarded As soon as the panel retired or rather immediately after a bailiff came rum frum them with a ra request quest for the judge brentano to order the following supplies sent to the jury room one case export beer one quart mcbrayer Mo Brayer whisky one dozen aezen bawl bass ale three docks decks of cards carde one quart popper pepper whisky one box figaro cigars dinner for twelve from the sherman house J odge brentano properly and promptly refused to honor this modest requisition and the jurors immediately filed into court and returned a verdict fixing the amount of damages at one cent this was wag a little too much for human nature or judicial decorum and his honor righteously uncorked bis vials of wrath and poured them out upon the beads of that jury the members of which were left stunned and speechless they were not prepared for such a vigorous and elaborate denunciation nuncia nuno lation tion from the bench as they received and it is unnecessary to say that they felt the full force of it and realized for a time at least the enormity of their transgression they bad taken an oath to find in accordance with the abe facts and their best beat judgment guided by the rules laid down hy by the court and had bad not only violated the oath but done a gross injustice to a de deservio servin deserving g litigant no wonder his honor became end and we have to read a hordof word of adv of hie his action the men were not without a reason for their contemptible conduct even if they were destitute of justification jurors have become habituate to t do ing about as best beat suits them when delibert ting on a verdict the law jaw as given by ta the court and the facts as admitted in evidence too often figuring merely as incidents rather than the elements out of which a verdict should be wrought this unchecked has a tendency to make them autocratic if not insolent and anything they may see fit at to do has baa to 0 o go at such times and under much euch circumstances a verbal castigation like that inflicted by the chicago judge to Is apt to be highly salutary |
