Trying a Case

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Trying a Case
William Nelson Gemmill
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Verdicts are never won by browbeating witnesses or by direct- ing contemptuous remarks to opposing counsel or by disrespect offered to the court.
EXAMINATION OF JURY.
No one should ever forget that jurors are sensitive beings. Some are proud. Some have false notions of their rights. All are independent. Whatever may be their moral standards at other times, as jurors they mean to be honest. A professional horse thief 10 MODERN AMERICAN LAW LECTURE is an honest man in the jury box unless his cupi
...dity is aroused by an appeal to his self-interest.
The greatest care must be exercised in asking ques- tions of prospective jurors. A lawyer should never ask a juror : ' ' Do you own any property V In four out of five cases jurors will mentally resent such a question. No man of thirty-five or forty years wants to acknowledge in public that he is a pauper. Always avoid asking: "Do you drink?" or "Do you smoke?" or "Have you ever had any trouble with your wife?" Jurors resent these questions as an improper inter- ference with their private affairs and as in no way affecting their eligibility.


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