THE RIGHT TO BE TRIED BY A SPECIAL JURY.
V [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] = , , '' , Wellington, Wednesday. The Chief Justice grave his decision this afternoon upon an application for a special jury in the case against Coleman Phillips for dummyism. ' He said that in looking into what authorities there were he ' had concluded that this was a case in which a special jury might properly be granted on the defendant's application. It was a kind of State prosecution, and was of an unusual character, and notwithstanding the opposition of the Crown a special jury would be allowed. It must not be understood, however, that he was laying down any general rule.' The trial was provisionally fixed for the 17th inst. v • '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8584, 4 June 1891, Page 5
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