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Show Superstition and Juries. After having sat on many juries the observant man is of the opinion that the whole human race is still strongly strong-ly tarred with the brush of superstition. supersti-tion. "1 am confirmed in that belief by the amount of damages invariably voted to plaintiffs whose injuries smack of superstitious su-perstitious origin," he said. "If a load of bricks should fall from a fifth story window onto the head of a man who happened to be walking under a ladder be would get twice as much damages is if the ladder were not there. The ;lement of bad luck that attaches to a ' ladder would insensibly influence every juror, and the sum awarded would reflect re-flect their prejudices and sympathies." |