Show i AD LOGIC AND INTUITION T Tj- Tj THE 4 theory that women make good jurors because of their subconscious and exclusive faculty of intuition is 18 hardly complimentary to the sex rex although doubtless it is so int intended It naturally presupposes that women jurors would prepare preparo their verdict upon tho the case at bar by exercising their intuitive powers rather than according to the evidence as rehearsed before them The fate of the prisoner on trial would I under this supposition depend upon the womanly judgment uninfluenced by any facts act for and against him that might be adduced If H memory serves jurors are sworn to determine their verdict according to the e evidence Elaborate rules exist to prevent the tho introduction of extraneous matter that might influence the jury but which has no direct bearing bearing- upon tho the charge at issue Eve Every precaution is taken to insure a verdict based upon known facts that relate directly to tho the offense J charged the juror juror- who vho exercised his knowledge of human nature and adjudged the accused guilty or innocent innocent innocent in in- from irom his bearing and his countenance alone would invite severe condemnation from the court if he expressed hiB his views Obviously ly therefore if intuition is to take tako the place of evidence in courts of law there must be radical radical rad rad- ical revision of the rules of procedure It may mar be admitted that women can reach a conclusion through intuition that puzzles tho the prosaic man who forms his judgments only after he has heard beard all aU the tho facts But we have seldom heard it seriously advanced that the tho life or liberty of a human being should be disposed of in this primitive manner Wo We are aro not prepared d to declare that justice would not often be better ser served ed edin in some such Buch way but the tho world has gotten far beyond beyond beyond be be- yond the point where infallibility of judgment can be conceded to anybody |