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economist suntribune february 17 1988 cll boy shot dead juryman objects to coroners stated opinion one hundred and twenty years ago this week from the pages of the markham economist february 13 1868 the late heartrending accident the shock that was felt here when it was known that a boy was shot dead the thrilling question that arose to the lips who is it what was the manner and cause of death caused intense excite ment for the time being and cast a gloom over the community but the careless and indifferent manner in which the coroners jury investigated the case and the verdict arrived at which satisfied but few least of all the heart- stricken parents did not show that sacred regard for human life which the occasion demanded it cannot be said that the acci dent was purely by misfortune and could not have been pre- back issues larry rainey vented or avoided by any ordin ary foresight or precaution on the contrary it was the result of gross and culpable carelessness how any person in the middle of the day could fire across a narrow street into a building for the sake of a paltry pigeon whereby hu man life was not only jeopardized but actually sacrificed is almost beyond belief what reparation can be made to the bereaved nothing can res tore the life that has thus been swept away what reparation has been made to the parents none mr leaper who is by no means in affluent or easy circumstances has been obliged to pay all the ex penses of the funeral out of his own pocket should this be so if the parties implicated will do nothing should not the public we think they should if any sym pathy is due anyone it surely is the parents and a proper way of showing it would be by contribut ing to make up their loss so far as can be done nothing is so sacred to society as a human life and it ought to be environed with all the safeguards civilization can im pose communication to the editor of the economist sirin looking over the eco nomist of last week i was much surprised to notice after reading the verdict returned by the jury summoned to investigate the cause of the death of william leaper jr attached to the end of said verdict a note from the coroner in which he emphati cally dissents from the decision of the jury now sir i believe all will agree with me that it is an unheard of thing for a coroner or even the highest judge in our land after charging a jury to interfere in any way or dissent from their decision who had the best right to arrive at a just conclusion a jury of thir teen men who heard all the evi dence patiently and then all went and carefully examined the pre mises and the place the parties stood when they fired into the building as well as all the cir cumstances they could gather on the subject who i say ought to be able to judge correctly the jury of the coroner who never went near the place who ever heard of a coroner after a jury had retired to sum up the evidence bolting into the room and insisting upon acting as foreman of the jury and com 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