In Papuan History
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Samarai Will Have Second Jury In Papuan History
Port Moresby, Dec. 1.
EARLY in December, Mr. Justice Gore, of the Papua-New Guinea Supreme Court, will conduct, at Samarai, the trial of two Europeans, Albert Edward Downey and Arthur Louis Leßoutillier, who have been charged with the murder in 1942, at Misima, of one native, and inflicting grievous bodily harm on an other.
The accused will be tried by jury. Old timers can recall only one other jury trial in Papuan history, A European charged with a capital offence is here tried by a jury of four.
All other criminal charges are tried by a judge alone.