THE LAW A FARCE IN IRELAND
JUDOKS KTRONfJ WORDS TO A JURY. In Dublin, on .lan" ]">. in th" oW" of three men charged on n (.'i-mrn indictment with nnluwmily assembly am! eattic-ririvinir at Curry. County Wtv«lnififl.tb. in Febnury Istst. 1110 Solicilor-tteiKra! «u<l ail the raidin;' crowd wpiv not made amenable i>u! the throe defendants had been caught in the act of driving cattle, and thcr ivt'is taken <nit of the disorder]" crowd, who wore armed with sticks, uiul were shouiintr. 'llie defence contended thai the whole tiling was a twopenny-halfpenny row. I'he jury were unable to afrre-e. ;ind Mr Justice Royd lPinarked : "T!k j law is a faroe in Ireland if the jury do not rirxl in this caw. iuxl say so deliberately." The jury again re-turned wit-hnii! having reached a-grecmenf, and. 1.1 is Ixmlship said : "Well, gcntlairiefi, I iliseharire you. at the sjiik' time exprwfcinj;'- the opinion that I cannot conceive on what principle you cannot agree. But it fiomc perrple tliink more of their opinions, than of their oaths they ar-e welcome." The jury tlieii loft the box.
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Evening Star, Issue 14632, 31 July 1911, Page 6
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