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me to form the Special Jury of the Colony, when such be required.
M. As regards
the
first,
may
the
alteration speaks for itself, and is in conformity with the act 7 benge IV, Cap. 25, entitled "an Act to regulate the appointment of Duries in the
East Indies"
Os regard the second, the amalgamation of the Special with
the
Jurors will, a
Petty
previously observed, add to the number of available Jurymen, and to the respectability of the Panel generally.
The third alteration will put an end to the recruity of locking up Jurymen without fuck or fire for an indefinite Period, which appears to me to approach very
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nearly to incisting
on a verdict under compulsion; this amendment is moreover particularly desirable in this Colony where all matters coming before the count me discussed out of doors, and the minds
lucu
if
are
not made
up
of Jurymn duzy lunch braised before they hear the Ividence in Cout. It ales precludes the possibility of one ignorant obstinate, or unscrupulow Juryman from impeding the due course of Justice. Your Lordship will thawe that in Capital
nicecusay
cases it is still the dare should be
Jury
unanimous, and such I observe
of
from Governo Grejny's Report
6. May 1850, is the law in the
1/5 #h
Bahama Selands.
The fourth alteration does not of great importance,
seems to me