THE GRAND JURY SYSTEM.
[by TELEGRAPH. — PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Been mom, Wednesday. Mr. A. G. Feu,, foreman of the Grand Jury, presented His Honor with the following resolution adopted by a majority of three of the Grand Jurymen, and His Honor agreed to transmit the same to he Government" That the intervention of a Grand Jury between the inquiry in the Lower Court is unnecessary, in that it fails to assist, and sometimes defeats, the end of justice ; (a) the Grand Jury is at the mercy of witnesses who generally fail to bring forward important facts, and to make statements without any check of cross-examina-tion ; (b) that the Grand Jury's duties can be better performed by the Public Prosecutor or the Attorney-General; (c) that the Grand Jury system is very expensive; (d) that other large colonies have abandoned the system with advantage."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8424, 27 November 1890, Page 5
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