Summary Of Dorothy Sayers 'Stealth Of Arsenic'
Sean Carrick
Dr. List
Strong Poison Essay
12/2/14
The Stealth of Arsenic (Introduction) Strong Poison written by Dorothy L. Sayers The role of the judge is to present the fact, formalize the event, and to organize the jury. “You may perhaps wish to hear from me exactly what is meant by those words ‘reasonable doubt’” (Sayers 3). At this point in the case, the judge is teaching the jury how to decide whether or not a person is innocent, guilty or proven not guilty. In my opinion I believe that the judge is biased. Shortly after describing the death of Philip Boyes by arsenical poison, he accuses Harriet Vane of being the murder. He says that is a fact she killed him and that the problem to solve in this case is whether or not she murdered him with intent or on accident. The judge at this point is teaching the jury about the case and what they are supposed to agree on to make the final decision whether or not Harriet …show more content…
Because Miss Climpson believes that there is reasonable doubt the jury is hung. Similar to the American court system the jury must all unanimously agree guilty or not guilty. To the judges credit he obeys English law and decides to give Vane a fresh trial. Even after trying to provoke a unanimous decision. “Do you think that with a little bit more time you may be able to reach an agreement” (Sayers 35). At this time the judge persistently tries to get the jury to agree and even seems to be looking for every loophole he can get to just get the jury to agree. “We quite understand the evidence, but we cannot agree about it” (Sayers 35). The foreman replies to the judge saying he appreciates it him trying to help the jury with something, but the jury has already voted and they cannot agree on the murder case. I don’t know if it has more to do with the fact that the judge wanted the trial to be over already or if he strongly believed that Vane was
Dr. List
Strong Poison Essay
12/2/14
The Stealth of Arsenic (Introduction) Strong Poison written by Dorothy L. Sayers The role of the judge is to present the fact, formalize the event, and to organize the jury. “You may perhaps wish to hear from me exactly what is meant by those words ‘reasonable doubt’” (Sayers 3). At this point in the case, the judge is teaching the jury how to decide whether or not a person is innocent, guilty or proven not guilty. In my opinion I believe that the judge is biased. Shortly after describing the death of Philip Boyes by arsenical poison, he accuses Harriet Vane of being the murder. He says that is a fact she killed him and that the problem to solve in this case is whether or not she murdered him with intent or on accident. The judge at this point is teaching the jury about the case and what they are supposed to agree on to make the final decision whether or not Harriet …show more content…
Because Miss Climpson believes that there is reasonable doubt the jury is hung. Similar to the American court system the jury must all unanimously agree guilty or not guilty. To the judges credit he obeys English law and decides to give Vane a fresh trial. Even after trying to provoke a unanimous decision. “Do you think that with a little bit more time you may be able to reach an agreement” (Sayers 35). At this time the judge persistently tries to get the jury to agree and even seems to be looking for every loophole he can get to just get the jury to agree. “We quite understand the evidence, but we cannot agree about it” (Sayers 35). The foreman replies to the judge saying he appreciates it him trying to help the jury with something, but the jury has already voted and they cannot agree on the murder case. I don’t know if it has more to do with the fact that the judge wanted the trial to be over already or if he strongly believed that Vane was