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Show I WOMEN M GALLED AS A JURY IN THE BREMER GSSE ! "A jury of women will be sum moned to try the case of -the state 1 against Mrs, Eliza Bremer, charged , ! with bootlegging. Tho women can ' ) claim their exemptions when they got 1 1 i into tho trial court room, but if they 1 do not serve they will not receive pay for the time lost." I That was the definite statement of I I County Attorney Charles Farr this morning relative to tho question as to I whether a woman jury can legally r ' Berve in this state. The county attor-I attor-I Jj1 ney declared that women are specif! -I I cally mentioned as exempt from jury' 1 service under the Utah statutes, but to be exempt they must claim their exemptions. "It is in the eternal fitness of things that a person charged with crime should be tried by her peers," continued the young prosecutor. "That being the case, if is equally right and proper and fair and just that a woman wom-an charged with violating the liquor laws should be tried by a jury of women. wom-en. Tho constable, Tom Cunningham, has been instructed to summon a venire composed exclusively of women. wom-en. He will serve them early Monday morning." Mrs. Bremer's caso is docketed for trial in municipal court Monday morning. morn-ing. She is charged with having sold a drink of whiskey to Mike Sullivan, a former boarder at her home. oo |