TRIAL BY JURY.
HEARING OF CIVIL CASES. WELLINGTON, April 23. The rights of ligitants to have civil cases heard by juries are to be restored by the Juries Amendment Bill, which the Attorney-General, Hon. H. G. R. Mason, intends to introduce in the House of Representatives. These rights were curtailed severely some years ago. It is understood that the Rill is identical with one introduced last session by Mr F. W. Schramm (Government, Auckland East) as a member of the Opposition. Mr Schramm’s Bill provided that a jury of four could be had in actions for pament of debt, pecuniary damages or recovery of chattels where the amount at' ’ issue was not over £SOO. Provision was made for cases involving amounts in excess of £SOO to be heard by a Judge and jury of twelve persons, unless both parties agreed in writing to trial by a jury of four or without a jury. The Bill proposed that every action for damages for personal injuries founded upon a breach of. contract, express or implied, should be triable by a Judge and a jury. .
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 121, 23 April 1936, Page 2
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182TRIAL BY JURY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 121, 23 April 1936, Page 2
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