UNWILLING JURYMEN.
MASY EXEMPTION ct.atmif,
JUDGE'S POLITE REFUSALS.
(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)
WELLINGTON, this day. In opening the Supreme Court this morning Mr. Justice Eeed commented on the number of applications for exemption from sitting on the jury. "There are more applications of this kind +>■■*» I have ever heard before, and we may be short in our jury," he said. To one person his Honor said: I am afraid it causes inconvenience to every person to be asked to sit on the jury, but there are certain public duties that have to be performed.
A well-known hairdresser asked for relief, saying that two of his employees had overstayed their leave.
"You had better wire for them at once," said his Honor, in refusing' the application.
In another case, in which "pressure of business" was pleaded, the judge said, "The time on the jury may be a slight relief from your ordinary work."
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 257, 30 October 1928, Page 7
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