THE CRICK JURY.
DISCHARGE OF BROWN.
ALTHOUGH GtTTLTY OF "GROSS MISCONDUCT.' 5
SYDNEY, March 15. In the case against Andrew Brown, a juror in ihe Crick-Willis case, the Full Court has found that while Brcwn had been guilty of gross misconduct there was no means of getting at him "except in a way the law says we must not." The rule, therefore, was discharged, the Court being unable to accept the affidavits of the jurors in the matter, because of the danger that might follow if it was decided generally that affidavits of what occurred in the jury rooms were to be considered.
[The charge against Brown was one of contempt of court in "wilfully neglecting and refusing to discharge his duty" in the Crick case. His co-jurors alleged that at the outset Brown expressed his determination that he would vote for a verdict of "guilty.-"']
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 65, 16 March 1907, Page 5
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