Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-11-03 | Page 6 | Faith in Woman Jury Rewarded by Acquittal

FAITH IN WOMAN JURY REWARDED BY ACQUITTAl I Precedent in California History ory Established Established Established Es Es- in Trial of or Editor of or Watts N News Los Angeles cles Nov 2 California's first tint woman oman jur jury was Impaneled at the suburban town of ot Watts aUs toda today to tr try tho the case of at A. A A. A King editor of ot the Watts News charged with publishing an article in violation of ot a city ord or or- or d King ICing had consented to being tried by by a woman Jur Jury expressing the belief belIet be be- lief lIet that he would get a a fairer trial than he hc would if It men occupied the box His faith In women was rewarded reward reward- ed by an acquittal after atter twenty minutes minutes' min min- utes utes' deliberation b by the fair tall occupants of ot the Jury box The case which was without precedent precedent prece prece- dent In California history was tried in the court room of Justice Cassidy The court room was crowd crowded d to the doors with the husbands and friends of the three thirty married women twenty seven years old and over who had been as Jurors juron During tho the examination of ot the venire one of ot th tho e Jurors asked the Judge I If It It was permissible to wear her Jer hat In th the Jur Jury box The Judge smilingly j I answered that that was entirely optional op- op j I donal with the Jurors Some of ot the women continued to wear their hats hat f j I while the others remo removed d them j s