A jury has been discharged in the trial of a senior Queensland police officer after one of the members consulted outside sources during deliberations. Michell. Jul 15, 2014 · In Queensland , either party to a civil dispute may make an election for the trial to be by jury if. For example, as the deliberations of a jury in the black defendant‐black victim condition (Jury 203, described above) neared the end, the lone remaining holdout for death was the Latino man. He confessed to the group, “I admit that I might be trying this with my heart rather than my head, and I acknowledge that” (203‐5).