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WOMEN IN JUDEMEN"
In order to obtain the feminine view- "point on the wheternal triangle". prob. lera, Judre. Sawicki invited eight pro minent women of Cleveland (Ohio), to rait in his court in judgment on Mára. Goldie Drossos, who is ba trial for desart. ing her husband, to live with another Mrs. Drossos had pleaded that mer could not understand love mattera and women could, whereupon the judge invited the women to render terdict,
Be though
promised
not to be unduly by it, because women sta not legally qualifed to act sa a formal jury. One member of the jury voted for the both of the man and the woman
acendants, but the verdict of the remain-,
Les recommended mercy, in the case
seven via that they were both guilty
Mrs. Drosson because of her infant, which they advised should be left in her care, but the two elder children should be returned to Mr. Drossos "antil -Buch time as Mrs Drossos shail prove herself
At mother. As regards the male de- fandant, John Battery, the women jury recommended the maximum penalty.
Be
MTK Drossos told of her marriage at the age of 18, and related several acts of cruelty:
She alleged that her husband know of, and approved, ber friendship with Buttery. She denied
ARY improper relations with Buttery declaring that
had done for her was from a feeling
of friendly kindness."
Battery sid known ra. Drosson for eighteen months. He knew of her troubles, and when she came to Cleveland he wrote ber that he would do anything in his power to make her happy, and would never ask her to do anything wrong.
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Every phase of the moral point of view was taken into account by the women jurors, and after hours of deliberation they delivered their verdict.
Judge Sawicki thanked the women, and promptly sentenced both clofendants to the maximum penalty of £40, and to serve. three months in the workhouse, He offer- ed to suspend Mra. Drossos's
a. sentence if the, would return to her husband, but sho refused. The band, who bege appealed to the has “I want my babies, and will take them back, and their mother Also, whenever she will do right The accused woman was obdurate, however, And the judge ordered the senteres to be carried out.
The women jurors arrived in court early,
and asked numerous questions as to how they were to conduct themselves in the jury-box One, woman was parti cularly anxious to know whether, she would be able to get home in time to prepare dianer for her husband.
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Cleveland's frat jury of women was in dignant because Judge. Sawick, after inviting them to return a verdict in the triangle case, bad ignored their re commendation that
erty should
be
shown to the woman defendant, and zentenord ber to pay a fine of £40 and serve three ∙months in
the w workhouse. The jury had animany condemned. Buttery, and
Sawicki bad agreed to recunise the jury's plea for clemency on behalf of the woman if she would return to her husband But Mr. Drossos refused, and the judge sentenced her to the sun penalty as her co-defendant. The judge was immediately assailed by members the fttry, who demanded to know what he knew about a woman's feelings, and whether he thought he was serving society. by trying to force the woman to go back
o a man she did not love.
to
It
would be simply hell for her to live with him now, said one excited and I admire the defendant's juror pluck in, choosing the workhouse." Sawicki met their protests with a dis- sertation on modern moral tendencies. This woman violated the law," be said; she tries to excuse the offence by call ing it love Some call it romance, some call it sopl-making I call it vicions
piño; the law calla it crime.
The jurors replied that the judge did not know what he was talking about, and the foreman was moved to remark that, in her opinion, there should be only one ground for divorce for a woman-that she does not want to live with her husband.
New York has just experienced the novelty of its first woman magistrate She is Mrs. Jean" Norris, a prominent Suffragist and attorney, who has been temporarily appointed by the mayor to sit on the bench in the woman's court during the absence of its regular occu pant, due to illness. She will haye
to deal with cases of wayward
girls parti cularly, and the mayor hopes that a woman's influence will be Pagistrate
and
necessary in such a court. Norris is still on the right side of middle age, and when sitting with a colleague yesterday
order to familiarise hersel!.
waved
with her new duties, presented a most attractive appearance in a black silk legal robe, relieved by a collar and s white silk blouse, and a string of pearl beads verock She wore her dark lightly pompadoured, and gathered in a coil low in the neck, which very much suited her official costume. Magistrate Norfir says the time will soon come when women Justices will be introduced to every court and beach.
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Horr Gustav Noaks the German Minister of Defence, tried to explain on October 7th, the position of the German troppe in Courland
It is incomprehensible to me," said Horr Noske, "That the Entente, should wish to create freeh difficulties orez the Baltic question. It seems to me that despite the war being ended, England wtd France still think it desirable to threaten Germany. It was at the request of England that the German troops guarded the Baltic frontier, and recruit ing was carried on with the knowledge of the Entente missions. The recruite are not of the same stomp or the old German oldiers. Tacy are less used to discip line. The Lettish Government promised the men grants of land whereon they would be allowed to settle, and this in duced many to join the colours. I honestly with to recall the troops, but it is impossible to act rashly. If I refused to soud pay or victuals to the troops, they would plumber the country and cause
confiagration.”
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