Show profiting by superstition after having sat on many juries the observant man Is of tho the opinion that the whole human race Is still strongly tarred with the brush of superstition 1 I am confirmed in that belief by tho the amount of damages invariably voted to plaintiffs whose whoso injuries smack of superstitious origin ho he said if a load of bricks should fall from a fifth story window on to the head of a man who happened to be walking under a ladder he would mould get twice as much damages as it tho the ladder were dot there the element of bad luck that attaches to a ladder world would insensibly influence every juror and tho the sum awarded would reflect their prejudices and sympathies |