JURY SYSTEM
ABANDONED IN ITALY >1 i MSTEK’S EXDJ. AN ATiON AN ENGLISH INSTITETiOX fAust. ami N./j. Cable) Milan, April 7. “The jury, like all other lilnral in. btitutiuns, is <d' origin and must therei’ore 1.0 ahiuidoncd Ity fascism.’’ writes Signor llocuo, vlinistcr for Justice, in explaMiiui: llie constifution of t/ie new Assize Courts. This is one of tile must notable Fascist reforms. WEAKNESS OF SYSTEM Signor ltocco declares that the .jury system, which wa b . iutioduccd in 1859, has been unsuccessful, that hie jurymen are incompetent and irresivnvsiiile and often return an absurd verdict. A s au instance, ti mail c lfcased tliat ho killed and cut up liis wife. Tie was acquitted of murder. i»ut was .ciuidcimied a charge of cutting up the corpse. THE NEW SYSTEM Signnr Rocco explains that bu* ■ new ('ourt will donsist ol two | judges and five Hay judges or as- . scsor »- -
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Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2399, 8 April 1931, Page 7
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148JURY SYSTEM Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2399, 8 April 1931, Page 7
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