Report of the First[-thirty-first] Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association, Volume 38 |
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In order to make this report complete we will first recall the bill relating to the functions and powers of judges and juries in the language in which it was reported last year by the joint Committee on Legislation and Law Reform and ...
In order to make this report complete we will first recall the bill relating to the functions and powers of judges and juries in the language in which it was reported last year by the joint Committee on Legislation and Law Reform and ...
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I do not think there would be much difficulty among the profession about giving the judiciary power to let the jury know whether such a verdict will be sustained , but we do know from the discussion last year that very many object very ...
I do not think there would be much difficulty among the profession about giving the judiciary power to let the jury know whether such a verdict will be sustained , but we do know from the discussion last year that very many object very ...
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cerned , is the feeling that if such a power is given to the trial judge , it practically destroys the jury trial . Every man who has tried cases on the circuit bench knows that the jury sits with cocked ears to find out what the judge ...
cerned , is the feeling that if such a power is given to the trial judge , it practically destroys the jury trial . Every man who has tried cases on the circuit bench knows that the jury sits with cocked ears to find out what the judge ...
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