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to demand a trial by Jury. It is now submitted that the old practice prevailing under Ordinance 13 of 1873 (quoted above) should be revived, and that either party should be entitled as of right to have an action tried by a Jury.
This practice prevails in His Britannic Majesty's Supreme Court for China and Corea; and Section 92 of the China and Corea Order in Council of October 24th, 1904, provides (1) that, subject to the provisions of this Order, every action in the Supreme Court which involves the amount in value of £150 or upwards shall, on the demand of either party in writing, filed in Court seven days before the day appointed for the hearing, be heard with a Jury: (2) that any other suit may, on the suggestion of any party at any stage, be heard with a Jury if the Court thinks fit: and (3) that any suit may be heard with a Jury if the Court, of its own motion, at any stage thinks fit.
It is now suggested that this practice shall be brought into force in this Colony, as it has, I am informed, been found to work exceedingly well in Shanghai.
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It may be said that there are frequently actions pending before the Court, which it is undesirable to try before a Judge and Jury, and which are properly