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The Enquirer
Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia
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In the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, a leading Democrat member from Beaver County laid a resolution on the table on Monday last, proposing a committee to inquire into expanding traverse juries' powers in civil cases to decide both law and facts, assess witness veracity, and regulate new trials.
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The following resolution was, on Monday last, laid on the table of the house of representatives, by a leading democrat member from Beaver county: "Resolved, That a committee be appointed to enquire, and report to this house the expediency of extending the powers of the traverse juries, to the determination of the law, as well as the facts, in civil cases; and also the right of such juries to decide on the veracity of all witnesses brought before them, and likewise the propriety of regulating by law, the manner in which new trials shall be granted."
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Pennsylvania
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Monday Last
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A resolution was laid on the table of the house of representatives by a leading democrat member from Beaver county, proposing a committee to inquire into the expediency of extending traverse juries' powers to determine law as well as facts in civil cases, decide on witness veracity, and regulate new trials by law.