WOMAN JUROR’S PLEA
SPIRIT OF SACRIFICE. LONDON, September 9. When the members of the Grand Jury were being sworn in at the Old Bailey yesterday a woman shopkeeper asked to be excused from taking the oath, saying, “I don’t think I can conscientiously take this oath.” '» “Why?” asked the Recorder (Sir Ernest Wild, K.C.). “Because my mind is so overtaxed with worry at the same time,” replied the woman. “I feel that my health is suffering from the worries in my mind, and .1 doubt whether I could conscientiously give my mind to what I ought to do. I have a great deal on my mind at the moment.” The Recorder: Most of us have at
the moment. I am afraid I must ask you to take the oath. You must do your duty as a citizen. Later, in his charge to the Grand Jury, the Recorder added: “This is a time When the spirit of sacrifice is in the air, and citizens are called upon to make sacrifices for the good of the community.” The woman juror had previously applied to the Lord Mayor for exemption from serving on the jury as she was single-handed and had an antique business. Her* cpplication was refused.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 29 October 1931, Page 2
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