Evening Post. FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1894.
conduct in the case referred toi We know that Mr. Justice Richmond is not given to speaking at hazard ; his words are usually most carefully chosen and well weighed ; but still we cannot help thinking that be must on this occasion havo used words which convey a meaning far beyond what ho intended should be attached to them. We cannot Ihiuk that his Honour meant it to be understood that ho had ever tried hia best by word and act to induce a jury to convict in a case where, aB proved by the result, they were inclined to acquit, it was certainly not within tho proper functions of a Judgo to do so, nor can a Judge be held responsible for the wrongheadedness or stupidity of ajury. We think Mr. Justice Richmond must have inadvertently misrepresented and maligned himself.
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Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 58, 9 March 1894, Page 2
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146Evening Post. FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1894. Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 58, 9 March 1894, Page 2
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