CO129-067 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [1-4] — Page 375

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of "Not proven in Criminal,

Cases.

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not feel myself

warranted in

proposing

to

the Legistative Council so trious

a

2 in the practice of

change English Low

I greatly doubt the dissoltures

of the

relievr

proposed alteration. It

might indeed to some extruck relicus, the minds of doubling Jurors, but I hold it to be of paramount Concere that the decisions of Criminal judicaturs should br as drcided and peremptory possible, prepresenting

as ti

as

Legislative Assemblers a determining

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having

Yes! or No! and not important questions almost in the same position as if they had not been Enquired into and adjudicated on... Socirty

in

my judgment is less prejudiced

by a wrong

Ever

decision in

a fu

cases than it would

br by

a no decision in maus.

Sear the heads to the star

many.

system suggested Stamping

a

-lasting prejudice not to say a legal infamy

brow

of

bre

the

the innocrub so

while it would rathir facilitate

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the escaps of the quilty, when jurors might not unprgurully .

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