A QUESTION FOR THE JURY.
» Judge- Martin (says an American contemporary) had decided .that certain evidence was inadmissible. Tho attoinay took strong exception to the ruling, and insisted that it was admissible. "I know, your Honour," he said, "thdt it is proper evidence. Here I have bean practising at the bar for forty years, and now I want to know if 1 am a* fool." "That," quietly replied tho court, "is a question of fact, not of law. I will not pass any opinion On it : it is for the jury to decide."
The woman burglar pleaded that sho had been controlled by an Ethiopian spirit." "Your story," replied the court, "is inconsistent with the fact?. You aye not accused of having -burg-iavieed a, hoa^ huuic, ycu knoir."
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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 27, 1 February 1908, Page 10
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128A QUESTION FOR THE JURY. Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 27, 1 February 1908, Page 10
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