JURY SQUARING
AN AUSTRALIAN BILL. ■To prevent what is known as jury squaring, the Solicitor-General of Victoria (Mr. Robinson) has introduced in the Legislative Council a Bill to amend the Juries Act, 1919. Tha principal alterations suggested are that the sheriff will not post a notice in his oflice intimating the time and place when he will draw from the ballot-box the jurors. If the proposed amendment is carried, the sheriff may merely appoint a time and place in the presence of, one or more of his officers for the ballot. Another clause in the Bill provides that the addresses of persons aro not to be called out in panels for criminal cases. It Is also proposed to repeal Section 55 of the existing Act, which directs the sheriff to keep a panel in his officp and deliver it to any person on payment of 2s. By tha suggested alterations to the existing law it is believed that more secrecy, will surround the selection of juries, thus making it almost impossible for jury squaring to be carried out.
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Wairarapa Age, 19 December 1919, Page 5
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