Note XXXI-14 — Chapter XXXI · JUDICIAL AND MILITARY. 1887.
Reading edition
Trial by jury in criminal cases was first established in Aug. 1832, but being found impracticable, owing to the ignorance of the masses, it was abolished. Dunlop's Cent. Am., 186. The system was restored by the constitution of 1872. Salv., Diario Ofic., Oct. 17, 1875.