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URGES SUPPORT OF AMENDMENT ON JURY VOTELocal Attorney Points to Advantages of RevisionSupport of proposed Amendment Number Two to the state constitution, which permits verdicts by a vote of five-sixths of the jury in civil cases, instead of forcing a unanimous jury verdict, is urged by Harry Kantor local attorney, upon voters at the general election on Tuesday‘‘Proposed amendment'’ to the State Constitution are again submitted for approval on election day, next Tuesday In the past, I ■have been told by voters that they failed to vote on the amendments because thejf did not notice them on the machine, or were unaware J that any amendments had been proposed.“Four new amendments will be observed this year and will be brieflly set forth in the spaces at the top of this list of candidates for office on the machines. I am sure that the members of the various election boards will be glad to explain and locate them on the sample ballot, if so requested by the voters.“In my opinion, one of the most I Important advances in the law ot , today is proposed by the amend- , ment to permit verdicts in c»vil j cases by a vote of five-sixths of the 1 jury, instead of forcing a unani- j mous jury verdict, as at present. This means that in the lower courts, such as police court and justice's court, five out of six jurors may agree upon a verdict i“In the county and Supreme I courts, 10 of the 12 jurors mav render the verdict Personally, 1 feel that too much cannot be said in favor of the proposal cerely hope that every voter will take advantage of this opportumt to vote in its favor“It has boon my experience that too often in the trial of a suit, is a fair and just award denied to an honest litigant b one or two jurors, by reason of dishonest or ulterior motives under our present system of unanimous verdicts.“True, very often a compromise results in a small award and the injured party is forced to accept what is awarded. This is because such a party has not sufficientFoundry Hand Does Not ] Mind Racket in Tavern JSt T.onU - \ witness for a tav- • ern keeper culled before Excise Commissioner Anderson here recently on complaints from neighbors that the ta\ern was too noisy,” didn’t aid the proprietor'* c;*n-o verv much.•The niu*dr dldn’r bother me,” asserted the witness, who also lived nearby “Lots of times I slept right through It ”“Where do vou work’” Inquired who must have had a hunch “In n foundry ** replied the friend ly neighbor Innocent\\The tavern was ordeted closed for two du\sfunds to defra the expenses of a retrial“If there is no other adavtange, the benefit to the poor man justi fies the passing of this amendment. Therefore, I strongly urge nil voters to vote *es* on Amendment \umber Two.”Cat Adopt* Three Ducks to Join Her Four KittensWest Chester, Pn.—Mrs. W. Ernest Styer’s cat has adopted three haby ducks. And they get along perfectly with the cat’s four kittens. They wander around and play with the kittens, and even get their dally baths from the mother cat. At nighttime the ducklings cuddle against the rat and peacefully sleep with the kittens.Hen Lay* Square EggGranbj. t onn — At last a hen has laid a square egg. The honors go to a Itfiode Island Hod owned by t.eorge N Curtiss. The egg, while not exactly square, has enough flat surfaces so that it can be stood on end, a fact which Columbus proved by less convincing means.The hen made no comment on the event.Hamatophobi*, F«*r of Blo*dThe Public Health Service *ay» that the technical name for the fe*r of blood or fear of the sight of blood i* hematophobin, sometime* also written hemophobia.and I sin- , the commissionerTWIN LAUNCHING MARKS NAVY DAYWhile thousands packed the Philadelphia Navy Yard for the annual Navy Day observance, two new destroyers were sent down the ways in a colorful twin launching. The U S. S. Shaw is shown, taking to the water immediately after being christened. Alongside is the U. J* S Cassin, which made the plunge a few minutes laterCTnowthematsettSwltotheedbeg
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Endicott Bulletin
Endicott, New York, US
Fri, Nov 01, 1935
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