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unusual facts about Trial By Jury


Rudolf von Gneist

Feeling the necessity for fundamental reforms in legal procedure, he published, in 1849, his Trial by Jury, in which, after pointing out that the origin of that institution was common to both Germany and England, and showing in a masterly way the benefits which had accrued to the latter country through its more extended application, he pleaded for its freer admission in the tribunals of his own country.


Chiba Takusaburō

Takusaburō's constitution also clearly stated that any convicted person will not be subject to capital punishment, and that the terms 'guilty' or 'innocence' must be determined through a trial by jury.

North Toronto Players

H.M.S. Starship Pinafore: The Next Generation is a Star Trek adaptation of two famous Gilbert and Sullivan operettas (HMS Pinafore and Trial by Jury).

Utah Festival Opera

Naughty Marietta by Victor Herbert was the first work performed by the company in 1993, along with Puccini's La bohème and a double bill of Trial By Jury and The Impresario.

Walter Passmore

A late Gilbert and Sullivan performance was in Trial by Jury at a benefit matinée for Courtice Pounds in 1927, when Passmore was joined by stars including Leslie Henson and Derek Oldham.


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Gregory Blaxland

In January 1827 Blaxland was elected by a public meeting with two others to present a petition to Governor Darling asking that "Trial by jury" and "Taxation by Representation" should be extended to the colony.

Mona Fandey

They were tried in Temerloh High Court by a 7-person jury (trial by jury was abolished from January 1, 1995).