Juries of matrons persisted in England until 1931.
Sources
- How All-Female 'Juries of Matrons' Shaped Legal History (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://first100years.org.uk/abolishing-juries-of-matrons/ (first100years.org.uk)
- https://legalresearch.blogs.bris.ac.uk/2018/11/the-all-women-jury-in-r-v-sutton-1968-of-no-more-than-minor-interest/ (legalresearch.blogs.bris.ac.uk)
- https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4148727 (papers.ssrn.com)
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/37/section/36/enacted (legislation.gov.uk)
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