The Criminal Law Journal of India Journal March 15 1906

In an appeal from a conviction by a jury the law does not authorise the court to alter or reverse the verdict " unless it is of opinion that such verdict is erroneous owing to a misdirection by the Judge or to a miunderstanding on the part of the jury of the law as laid down by him." In the case of an appeal from a conviction by the Sessions Judge with the aid of assessors the High Court [...] An examination of the evidence with the light of these facts left no doubt that the murder was committed in the house and not ' as alleged by the 'prosecution outsidV and that it was the work of somebody else and not of the accused personi The High Court accordingly set aside the conviction and acquitted the prisoners. [...] The wave of commercialism has affected the legal profession along with other callings and now would it be safe to permit the upper thousand American lawyers to dictate the policies of State ? Some of the most brilliant minds in the profession are in the employ of interests antagonistic to the welfare of the people. [...] There is the same conflict between law and lawlessness as between the true' and the false the right and the wrong the evil and the good. [...] There is the same conflict between law and laWlessness as between the true'and the false the right and the wrong the evil and the good.