WOMEN JURORS
AMUSING INCIDENTS. There was an amusing sequel to the first appearance of women on a. jury at Swansea Quarter Sessions. After the jury had been ompannelled two workmen arrived at the court with an urgent request that their wives might be released to come home and cook their dinners. To the groat discontent of the applicants, their, plea did not succeed. . Six men and six women made up the jury at Rochester Quarter Sessions, and they had to spend the entire day over one trial. Three Japanese sailors were accused of unlawful wounding, and the hearing proved a tedious one. One of the jurywomen produced > material, and sat in the box diligently knitting while listening to the arguments.
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Evening Star, Issue 17536, 16 December 1920, Page 3
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120WOMEN JURORS Evening Star, Issue 17536, 16 December 1920, Page 3
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