Grand Jury.
■» Yesterday afternoon the Grand Jury came into Court, and the Foreman asked his Honor's advice. The Jury was equally divided in the case then before it, as there were eleven each way. He desired to be informed whether he had a casting vote in such a case. " ' His Honor said that, Bpeaking from memory, if there was an equal number, they must bring in "no bill." He did not wish to coerce the Grand Jury in any way, but they had to remember that theirs was not the final tribunal, and therefore he had spoken of it being advisable that such cases should be sent to the petty jury. Subsequently his Honor said he had since consulted an authority, and found that his former decision — that where an equal number waa found to exist on a bill they must bring in no bill— was correct.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4575, 21 February 1893, Page 3
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147Grand Jury. Star (Christchurch), Issue 4575, 21 February 1893, Page 3
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