"MANSLAUGHTER."
s SUGGESTED ALTERATION OF THE TERM. (spicui. to "the pmbb.") AUCKLAND, May 15. Disinclination of juries to convict in cases of which the term "manslaughter 1 ' is applied, and desirableness of altering legal description of many such cases i was once more referred to by Mr Jus. tice Stringer in the Supreme Court. The term, his Honour pointed out, was suggestive of something that approached murder, and juries were consequently disposed to take a lenient view of the facts put before them. If, as he suggested, the offence were called what it really is, namely criminal negligence, juries would probably not have the same dislike to return verdicts of conviction when they were justified by the facts.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18074, 16 May 1924, Page 8
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