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History of the Jury
Wanted to know if anyone could help me find the Statute that said that only landowners and ratepayers could be members of the jury back in the 1800s...
I remember reading it somewhere and cant find it!
I remember reading it somewhere and cant find it!
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No one seems to be answering this � I seem to recall this was the case until well past the end of the Second World War (although I�m not quite old enough to remember first-hand).
In 1960, Penguin books were prosecuted under the obscene publications act for the publication of Lady Chatterley�s Lover. During the proceedings, the prosecution barrister famously asked the members of the jury whether they would approve of their servants reading such a book.
Clearly there was an expectation that those serving on the jury were of a certain class, even then.
In 1960, Penguin books were prosecuted under the obscene publications act for the publication of Lady Chatterley�s Lover. During the proceedings, the prosecution barrister famously asked the members of the jury whether they would approve of their servants reading such a book.
Clearly there was an expectation that those serving on the jury were of a certain class, even then.
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