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thursday february it 1j the acton free press acton ontario paqe sxvin what are your chances of being called to serve for jury duty by fnuer ranev qc what are your chancta ladies of bein called for jury duty it u kuttmttl by mr hugh gamer writing in saturday night that she chance of being struck by lightning la about the same the procedure by which jurymen mr elected t very democratic and is in keeping with the acknow ledged importance of the right to trial by jury as one of the bul warks of our british democratic system first of all in tfnlton either you or your husband must be upon the lant revised assessment roll as the owner or tenant in respect of real property having a value of 100 then the mayor clerk and asses sor must place your name on the local municipal list of persons who in their opinion are from the in legrlty of their character llu roundness of their judgement and the oxtent of their information the most discreet and competent for he performance of the duties the town jury selectors then forward to the county selectors a list of the requested number of those selected taken alphabetically in the ant place and then by lot k the county selectors who are jhe county judge warden treas urer and sheriff have already me tend decided how manv jurors thev dvill need for the year and from jjhe lists supplied by ail local muh dcipjalltlos in the county thej pre par the jury luh roughly three jtlmes the number required for all bfcourts to be held during the ensu fclng year if you have passtj lhese various stages and vour amc is o the jury lutthcn yjjur a to be selected for the eiury panel for nnv court which tnny be about to sit vt of course thm arc irlrinv cr frnptinns applicable to tabth men and women and some amiitionni applicable to women only f tr example anvone over 70 ycacs f mee or under 21 is exempt so is the wife of a court officer con stable or lawyer a nun or a reg dstercd nurse and any woman upon receiving jury notice can ask for and obtain exemption for one year if however you are not cxemp and your name has been drawn for service at the next jury court you still may not actually be called upon to sit on trial jur as surnlni that you have been notified that you must attend court and rt not exempt it li i very seriou offence for which a fine may oe imbpsed on the discretion of th trial judge not to obey the sher iirfnotice when court has convened voti may find that there are only one or swo jury cases and there will be many more jurors available thin a i j req when the case i called twelve slips of paper with names on them are selected by lot bv the court clerk from a box after just being well shaken up but suppose your name is called if either counsel for the plaintiff or defendant do decides he can challenge up to four of hose call want to are very remote however having been called for duty and selected to act with res pect to a case the trial begltu the strangeness of the surround mgs the court procedure and tht crowd of strange faces will proo ably have worn off by the time plaintiffs counsel has explained to you the jury what the case is all about the jury is required by law b decide between two conflicting yt of witnesses what the true fact of the case are and who m to b believed the evidence is presen chronicles of ginger form wrltttn specialty for the acton fres press by gwendoline p curks ed to step aside without pi vine reason and a greater number lor good cause furthermore the trialuudge in hiaiuacretloq may decide from the particular nature of the case that the jury should be all men or for that ynatter all women so you sec uup business of being selected for a jury is complicated and your ch inoas erf serving even if you wi1 i wonder how many reari or of this column wfiit to the inumntlonal hobby show in to ronto quite a number i hope as it was well worth going to a friend ed and afterwards counsel addre and i look time on last friday t the jury this is where the jury visit toronto and wc had quite i really occupies the centre of the day went by larly morning train stage counsel for each side of did a bit of shopping brfon tht course seeks to persuade the jury crowds arrived and then on to th that his witnesses are the only ones coliseum it was wonderful finding telling the truth and to enlist their all the exhibits in out building- sympathies such an appeal for so much cosier on the fut even a sympathy it has been suggested that by 2 pm we wire kind to may have greater weight with a sit in at mrs aitkcn s cooking woman than- with a man however school and rest n bit no case la so simple that a decis- i now what i shall tell von about ion will not be affected by manv first nnturally if you were ther arguments and ihla is whore th you don t need me to ull you nbi ut judge comes in anything but if you wi re not hurt after counsel have done their you know im best on behalf of their rospcclve presslons of this hobbj show clients it is the judges duly to lcathercraft direct the jury as to the law and wallets to pim as to his view of the material fcl carvcd t involved but the judge always makes il clear thil it is for the jury to decide who they wish to believe spcculors have noted many jiim cases overnight tasn ami thai afur counsel have ippttr d of sninlkr artulcs then wis 1 to sway the jury by their oratory handbag unutifully toil the summary of the facts presen done by man tumpklilv blind d by the judge is whit the jun i pointing all kmds of thm htu relied upon in reaching its de n1 w lr l ekion there is no reason what i scent ry md still lift w didn t m ever to believe thai the- pnwncepnany lhc medical services distribute surplus for the first time members of million co operative medical ser vices will have a loan unit credit from the surplus whkh has been built up this was decided by the board when discussing the flnanc lal nlaument and auditors report at the board of directors meeting each member will be credited with his portion of th surplus until such linn as the fund has lncreas d sufficiently to assure adequati profit ton when it will be paid back to the members it wipi pointed out that ihi ml rarnings art the result of ovi r hnrgc and this in the cornet wny of i renting it hal i on co operative mitlkal st rvkos during the stvtn yars of its txialenci has lncreas id its membership from 117 u irything from tooled r dtparture nay win m i attractive and ihon wirt boxen nf carvid lnther bo k cowrs brill eolkctive this rcpccl finnlh ifter the inrj ha to consider its verdict n foieman is irsl selicted who later presenls il findings to the court what gois on in the jury room after that is scirct as a rule it- is sufficient if ten jurom jigrcc however in i c rv some cases a minority of jurymen hold out against the majority opln l p on and in that case a new tri 1 f f muit bo ordered 3hc oath that there -wfrrv-plemtflff- bv- winston ndir former govi chuichills vi i r innslh uf funt nitiirli smt i on t mhl lsi1 nniciiu lim it ristid his wtiirj mind ti paint thi m auxtndirs i had nion action md in ui humble opinion ihi v win the litt orulho jiiryiwill ilt ttu therewr-ple4inff- ov- i attitude f the ji in churchill mid viscount ah tired obvioiislv art fn i 1 is ttr from d inn l sev ril woiult each membtr of the jury akes is in substance to faithfully and im partially without fear favor affection perform the duties ci trusted to him or her it is a most serious offence for any one inter osted in any case to attempt to speak to a juror about any cac being tried and of course a crim inal offence for a juror to violate his oalh nearly i 100 members a surgical plnn is now unci i r consideration and will be adopted as soon as suf flclint applications are received at the board of directors meet ing considerable discussion also took place oh workmen t comp ensatlon for formers and plans were made for g j beach tf the wnrkmini cnmpeiuiallon board to nihlriah an opt n nicetinx on the subject really safe boot a irowd in iondon england wntchid ittirie ii nlon di liber iltly plant his fimit in the path u doublt decker bus theblg whie passetl slowly and completily ovt i hm toes and giorge withdrew his fitot unharmed he was lesllnf in induslnnl safely boot mudi lo iuw llritbh standard spe libation rugs hooked and bnided of wool and rags btautiful dtsigi and shading what hours of close work were inolved in thi making quilts and crocheud tablecloths not too many of cither but the work was of the best ncedlework and pttlt point a marvellous exhibit the lirsi thing that caught mv tye wi queen mary s carpet i but know it couldn t be upon inq nr there is no reason to believe that j we werc lod ut when the orlg nj the flndlngs of juries partially com quetfn harv cavpit wil on dbp posed of women will be less crcd i at tho c n e two vcars aro liable than those of juries com kroup ot ent ladies studi posed entirely of men dn the vcry cikclv lh bournt contrarj it is to be expected thai n lorm ph of the car anv woman selected for jury duty p ani bv means of a magni will be at least as high minded gass coplcd it on canvns practical and honest as her oppos by qiiarr q ar ingenious un ite member of the male sex and der aklnr bm thtre was this dif furthermore that the restraining fercnce between thi original nr influence of a woman m he ur p and the ropv iri t copy thv room will add so to the f n i h tullihllvf wlmlum ot a jury lc1 remtm owing to wartime dil it has lacked heretofore certnr acuities queen mary could not i do not think that the publc lf malsh hpr background col largo or the legal profession in our0 and cop hns parucular have anvthmg to f r de kolng otll wa qllorn from the inclusion of women npim mar if jou r had h r tiul jurlts t squares in reverse from the centre of the nig h at this same exhibit there was a a tired driver is a dangtrous fascinating display of pictures in driver choice lots iir iu- for immediate sale situated in mllton opposite the anglican church siimabw for prlmwit ul or inodom homo apply milton 566 ring 21 try us for rogersmajestic hathcrafter as low as 33950 compute with aekial small down paymont and 4 75 por wook for guarantood ntcoptton giison appliances monogram space heaters and wall furnaces pittsburgh paints modern plumbing heating mill st i mcmouw prop acton petit point large and down to the size of ear rings and camoe brooches and all thus work was done by a group of ten omm in thc mount pleisant district of toronto lambert lodge a collect o i of work done by the aged at lam bert lodge this was more than i an exhibit it was tangible proof o happy hours of occupation by busv i fingers which must automatical have brought peace of mind to the workers we all need to remember that something to occupy the hands is fundamental to contentment in old age shell work several exhtbtts of this particular craft and much of it very dainty and original par licularly the picturor dom with the tiniest of shells artificial flowers in crochet wax and nylon ver mc indted oh yes and i even found pillow lace at the danish exhibit wood carving stamp and coin collections costume j e w 1 1 o r african viole s rabbit hamsters and song birds violins rrildt from canadian wood w caving needle work model trains and dolls im possible to mention them all in de tail but they were there from england and europe scandinau and ajia and if this robbj show was a brainchild from the fertile mind of kate ai ken then we owt her a dibt of gratitude this first show was good but it is mi guess that next ear it 1u be bigger and better than eer leaving the coliseum we cam- through a district that es 1 ke a forest of television senate and i wondered how much handicraft done in homos where thert was a television set and if then was an danger of television killing crlat art pi rsnnallv i don 1 think w hi re a hobbv ha already been deselop ed it will do much harm b it mi discourage oune nk f m d m1 p ng along he same ha younger generation n ill bo m i suidi school for 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