MURDER INFECTIOUS.
JURYMAN BECOMES INSANE. LONDON, Nov. Q. Walter Payne, charged with the. murder, of his wife, was convicted at the Old Bailey. He seated that his mind had been affected through sitting as a juryman in a recent murder case. He was ordered to be detained as insane, Mr. Justice Rowlatt confirming a specialist's view of the trying effect of such trials. He said it was oneof the reasons why women were not permitted to sit on juries.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17337, 8 December 1919, Page 7
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