New Trial Paper

In English practice. A paper containing a list of causes in which rules nisi have been obtained for a new trial, or for entering a verdict in place of a nonsuit, or for entering judgment non obstante veredicto, or for otherwise varying or setting aside proceedings which have taken place at nisi prius. These are called on for argument in the order in which they stand in the paper, on days appointed by the judges for the purpose. Brown.

In English practice. A paper containing a list of causes in which rules nisi have been obtained for a new trial, or for entering a verdict in place of a nonsuit, or for entering judgment non obstante veredicto, or for otherwise varying or setting aside proceedings which bave taken place at nisi prius. These are called on for argument in the order in which they stand in the paper, on days appointed by the judges for the purpose. Brown.
—Public trial, A trial held in public, in the presence of the public, or in a place accessible and open to the attendance of the public at large, or of persons who may properly be admitted. "By this [public trial] is not meant that every person Who sees fit shall in all cases be permitted to attend criminal trials, because there are many cases where, from the character of the charge and the nature of the evidence by which it is to be supported, the motives to attend the trial, on the part of portions of the community, would be of the worst character, and where a regard to public morals and public decency would require that at least the young be excluded from hearing and witnessing the evidences of human depravity which the trial must necessarily bring to light. The requirement of a public trial is for the benefit of the accused ; that the public may see he is fairly dealt with and not unjustly condemned, and that the presence of interested spectators may keep his triers keenly alive to a sense of their responsibility and to the importance of their functions ; and the requirement is fairly observed if, without partiality or favoritism, a reasonable proportion of the public is suffered to attend, notwithstanding that those persons whose presence could be of no service to the accused, and who would only be drawn thither by a prurient curiosity, are excluded altogether." Cooley, Co.nst. Lim. 312. And see People v. Hall, 51 App. Div. 57, 64 N. Y. Supp. 433; People v. Swafford, 65 Cal. 223, 3 Pac. 809.

Defined under Trial in Black's Law Dictionary.