The International Woman Suffrage? Alliance News Service oi March 16 states that there has been a determined mid organised campaign in Great Britain against woman jurors in cases where the offence is one affecting tho relation between the sexes, such as divorce, incest and criminal assault- upon Aoutig girls. Every woman knows that it is iu these cases: that the woman juror is most- necessary. Mr Bonar Law happily lias refuse'! to giant facilities for any legislation limiting the cmpanelmcnt of women 'jurors, and the National Union of Societies for Equal Gitiiscnship is promoting a Bill to make it impossible for Judges to exclude the service of women jurors in any cases in which women end children are concerned.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16424, 12 May 1921, Page 9
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