On the Best Authority.
A story is told of a trial for burglary in which ' one of the jurymen seemed to be ao certain of the prisoner's innocence, aud pleaded for him co eloquently and to convincingly, that the 11 others (who had no particular bias either way) allowed themselves to be argued into returning a veidiot.of "Not guilty." A few days later fresh facts came ta light which proved the accustd man's innocence beyond a doubt ; and one of the 11 wavering jurymen, happening to meet with tho man who bad so powerfully influenced them all, thankrd him w*rruly for having saved them from the commission of a great injustice. " And yet, now I think of it," he added, "you could not have known then anything about these new facts, co how could you be co sure that the man was innocent P " " Well," replied the other, " my chief reason for thinking toa^ he did not commit the cr''m3 waa that / committed it myself."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2179, 28 November 1895, Page 55
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165On the Best Authority. Otago Witness, Issue 2179, 28 November 1895, Page 55
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