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In civil matters it is the Province, in criminal, the Dominion which prescribes the practice.

It may be that Ontario has made an advanced step ahead of the Dominion, or it may be that the determination of the Dominion stare super vias antiquas is wise conservatism.

Our Ontario system of requiring only ten jurors was in- troduced to prevent the disagreement of a jury by the un- reasonable conduct of one or perhaps two jurors.

It has now been in force for about twenty years (since 1895, 58 Vic 16, s.

1), and no one would think of going back to the old system.