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Show The Scotch Juror, In Scotland In a civil cato Jurymon get ton shillings n day for their services serv-ices and tho litigants mutt In addition provldo thorn with lunch. If two canes aro tried consecutively and tho aamo Jurymon officiate, they got ten ahllh Ings for each cato Hut the mutt Important difference botween an Kngllth and a Scottish Jury Is this. An Kngllsh Jury wlion returning their verdict must bo unanimous, unan-imous, nnd If they fall to agree, aftor a certain length of tlmo they aro dls missed and tho whole proceedings aro begun again do novo boforn n froth Jury This Is a most oxpenslvo modo ot administering Justice. In civil cases, In order to avoid thla reault, uo lltlganta sometimes agree to accept ac-cept tho vordlct of a majority. In Scotland the Jury can always give a verdict by a majority In civil cases after the lajwe of three hours. |