Show JURY TRIALS Judge John Gibbon of or Chicago advocates ad ad- ad- ad the majority jury verdict In Instead In- In Instead stead of oC the present t system of d dc- dc a unanimous agreement of or the entire panel of twelve In all al trIal trials where a Jur jury Is Js employed Judge Gib Gibbon GIl boo bon lon Is on ono one of tho cho most careful and approved ap rip approved proved pIOCI of or jut judges es Ho lie enjo enjoys s 's the tho dis distinction of ot being rarely overruled II li lihas He has presided at nt man ninny many of or the famous criminal trials in Illinois and anti retired retire d S from rom the bench hench with the esteem of oC th th the Sl bar lar lie ne and should the tho confidence live wih In Uta Utah of the where public hi his I l pet pel Ct tHOr Is 18 already in practice as t lo tc o so r Sh St Sc civil civi ca' ca cases s. s Besides he would find her hern hera hero her o a n jl jury of eight In cases other tha than n t those hose where a capital crime I Is s Sl Su SJ c charged It I Is not all al he advocates SO h but hu ut It I is a step slop in the tIme direction toward Sv Sh which the law is moving St Sp Sl Sj Chief Chie among the objections o of f St J Judge Gibbon to lo the requirement nt of a u unanimous verdict is the Hie fact that In Inis Ss SJ hl his h is cl city of o Chicago conviction In criminal crim Sm inal l ca cases es can so o rarely be le secured O Only one murderer In ten ton Is apprehended h rind and only one ole In fifty is 18 con coui- v Almost alwa always s 's there thele is at l least east one man who will wi hang halg the j jur ury and after two or 01 three thee trials the p prosecutor will wi abandon the a and nd the prisoner will wi go o free although t the he fact of oC his guilt Is as evident e as ashe t the he court house houe Few men are so su poor t that hat their lawyers cannot get on tho the J Jury jUl UI at least one man who because of or orsome s some ome tie te or Ot affiliation will wi stand out f for Cor or a dl disagreement or Ot an acquittal But why should there be a unanimous m mOls ona el verdict lct even in Utah Why h should sh not a majority certainly a n fourths throe th vote vote vote-be bo sufficient guaranty guaranty guar guar- a anty nty of the rights of the accused and o of ot f the people as well The Jury system w was as e established at a time when the tho clu cl citizen required all al the protection a u unanimous verdict could give him With W Wm Ith less than that his life wa was at the m mercy ercy of the barons of oC the overlord o to lo toV whom he had formerly been leen a serf serl V With lh the granting of or that right he se secured cured all al the tho protection to which a any ny human being is entitled d he heAH c AH ao jo i 9 it I then only cause lA-cause cause of or I f the se eV 1 which i p enn l ties laid Jn l. l t la In lafr laws law's ws w's la dawning It t- t tv w was v his safeguard fr from mi om the tho cruel cruelty cruelly r and injustice of the theca cl class ca ass that had had betm ruling without lid li limitation of power with wih the life and d death athi ath of the common man at nt his w v him And in that day the only safeguard safe sale g guard was a trial by jury of or his peers I and the unanimous agreement of Dr o f the twelve that he hc had been guilty as a s charged But In later da day the system h has as hee bU ed We c have ha come to tu an anage ange a age ge filch has forgotten the barons a outlived and mu outlived outU tho the rule of ab absolutism I e C day of oC despotism It I Is no longer a c between the commons and the th e l lords the fight of an accused d fo for hi his s l Ife and against the might of or an arrogant arrogant arro arro- gant gaul and prejudiced tribunal It I Is th thair the theair e L air lair settlement of or a question queston between betwee n equals The accused needs no more mor e than what ml might ht be 10 called caled an ever eVel break He requires In the intel et o of or f Justice no more than is assured in n a three-fourths three vote of the thc jm Jury He I Irate If Is Ismea s rate mea from Injustice with wih a simple ma m- jerky Some Sonic day tay the rule ruc for fOl which Judge Judg e Gibbon prays pras ma may h bo 10 ado adopted pled Some Som Someday e da thai day the Utah sy system tem of oC smaller Juries jurie s and ard a partial In instead tead of a n a agree agre ree- ree e- e ment will wi be held And someday some 10 day possibly the jur jury system will viI b be e abolished altogether as a right Theare There The re are tho those e who believe beleve every evelY t of eer every citizen In civil civi cases case and both boll h the public and tho the accused In fn crimin al 1 I cases will wi be he conserved in a n trial b by the court alone 1 I I |