Show the jur system 11 ere can le no doubt that tl e clinef cluse of delay and uncertainty in tie liw in civil cisca Is the jury system ft e records show hat tl e boasted bilal is in f act i detriment ui der all or din try circumstances i litigant his a better chance of securing lug rights without a j iry thin with one it Is practically impossible to obtain juries hat are competent to weigh conflict ing testimony and to determine dim cult questions V beit un number of tl e jurors in every cie are reasonably sure to be wanting in point eitl er of in telli gence or of integrity and any one of them may it a just verdict or compel an unjust one if we could elways have first class citizens to per form jury service tl e system I 1 be much worthy of rest act and con but tl oly net is such citizens seldom let in tl it capi city 11 e average jury is so ed it Is more likely to do the w rong tiling tl in tone some imes in and sometimes otherwise 1 apkens that one or two men control all alie rest ind so the verdict only stands for the opinion or prejudice of tl ese dominating domini ting bah tl story of the eleven obstinate jurors is repeated in courts every day ind a majority of the verdicts are actually actu illy rendered by the twelfth man who has more force of 1 fracter tl an his it is rei to believe tint jury verdicts would be mores if they could be tendered by i majority or by efto thirds or 11 fourths of the jury the present requirement of unanimity gives abundant opportunity for the worse to get advantage of alie better binse it invests the with power to dictate to the majority in 11 eory tl e jurors 1 ive their minds made up wl en the c aae is closed ind to etem but in fact thit is 11 e bigini ii e of tl e process of ti ching conci ision 1 e case is practically tried in the jury room and the ultimate finding is often read ed by devecis of concession ind compromises tl it are entirely outside of the q clestion of absolute right and wrong lails is the prevailing pr in ill cases involving the adjustment of cco inta and the tiling of damages and it irely or never results in a rea and proper verdict it could not fail to be in ll 11 it respect if less than the whole number of jurors were to decide aises rink would atko away aiom the tl 1 ower to thwart and delay justice and litigants would thereby secure im from an evil which is now con g him g th tt 11 j iry anist be ro tint aln td in some dormand for mand tl at is f tl e of alio it lust be tnt the rule of s bild bo modified in all atje courts composed of sever il bilges I 1 cl too nit decisions hie rigl t in tl e s reine to f f alie united battes wl would it equally as well for j irles hiving d alies and of a lucli less im 1 octant ja i clote lt r amral f |