Consolidation and Amendment of the Jury Law. 
triall-of issues’ inthe (civil: courts of the 
cotsrities: palatine? or great ‘sessions, with 
the place of his abode and addition, shall be 
whitten on a distinct piece of parchment. or 
cad; suchpieces of:parchment or card being 
albas ‘néarlyas maybe! of equal size, and 
shall be'delivered tothe associate or protho- 
notary of stich Court bythe under-sheriff of 
the2county;! or°the secondary of the city of 
BHondoit; atid’shall, by direction and care of 
stich associate'or prothonotary, be put toge- 
ther in/a 'box;i‘and- when any issue shall-be 
brought om to be tried, such associate or pro~ 
thonotary ‘shall, in’ opeh court, draw out 
twelve of the’said: parchments or cards, one 
after another, ‘and if any of the persons 
whose*names shall’ be: so drawn shall not 
appear, orshall' be challenged and set aside, 
then’such farthernumbery until twelvemen be 
Grawns who shall appear, andj after all just 
eauses-of'challenge allowed, shall remain as 
fait and cindifferent ; and the twelve men 
$0 first-drawn and appearing, and approved 
as indifferent, their names being marked in 
the patiels'-andthey being sworn, shall be 
the jary'to\try the issue, andthe names of 
the nie so’drawn'and sworn shall be kept 
apart. by “themselves until such: jury have 
given"in‘their verdict: andthe same-be re, 
corded; or until such jary shall, by consent 
of the parties, or by leave of the court, he 
dischargedy and then the same names shall 
he refurnedto'the box, there to be kept with 
the other names remaining at that time un- 
drawn,’ and so fotices quoties as long as any _ 
issue remains to be tried : provided, that if 
any'issue'be brought on to be tried in any 
of the said courts before the jury in any 
other issue have brought in their verdict or 
been discharged, the court may order twelve 
‘Of'tlie’ residue of the said parchments or 
‘ards; not ‘containing the’ names of any 
‘ofthe jurors who shall not have so 
‘brotight ‘in their verdict or been discharged, 
‘to’ bé drawn in the manner aforesaid, for 
‘the trial, of ‘the ‘issue which shall be so 
ought’on to be tried: provided also, that 
beh 10 Objection ‘shall be made on behalf 
*Of tlie*king of any other! party, it shall be 
‘Tawful for ‘the court to try any other issue 
‘with thé same jury that shall have previous- 
‘Vy tried, or been’drawn to try any other issue, 
‘without! their names” being returned to the 
Box ‘atid: redrawn, orto order the name or 
t of! aiy tian; or men; on such jury, 
‘Who both parties may consent to withdraw, 
‘6 Who ‘may be justly challenged or excused 
By the edtirt) ‘to Be «set! aside, and another 
‘hanie of Other names tobedrawnfrom the box, 
‘and tojtry the issue with the residue of such 
ee esends with such» man or men 
whi se hairie’ or names'shall-be'so, drawn, and 
ile slvall a vand bec approved’ as in- 
Aifferent,arid sb dotiew quoties:as Jong a5 any 
Fabuie Veitiaiw to botried.\od Lyi eon 
» When persons returned as jurors: are, mo! 
\qadlified dtdording 1 this, act, ithe want of 
“sueh! qualification ivagood cause of chal- 
enige but vif (qualified sin» othen. respects, 
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the want of} freehold ‘shall not’in‘any case, 
civil or criminal, be: accepted as gootteatise 
of challenge; eitheriby the! crown or by'the 
party, ner ias’cause'for discharging the per! 
sonso returned:on his‘own applications bat! 
itis specially provided™ by © this clause, «that: 
nothing herein contained ‘shall extend. in! 
anywise to any special juror;sea 27. 1 The 
28th clause provides, that no challeng@é shall! 
~-be taken’ to any panel of jurors’ for ‘want! of 
the return of a knight* in such ‘panels: nor 
any array quashed: by ‘reason’ of} any ‘such’ 
challenge. - And,: by the 29th clause, : only 
the king shall challenge for’ cause »-but if 
they that sue for the king will challenge 
any jurors on inquests as not indifferent for 
the king, they shall assign a certain’ cause 
of challenge ; and no person arraigned for 
murder or felony shall be allowed more than 
twenty peremptory challenges. ~ 
The courts of King’s Bench, ‘Common 
Pleas, and Exchequer at Westminster, and 
the courts of the counties palatine;and of 
great sessions in Wales, have theypower, in 
all cases, civil or criminal, or on-any penal 
statute, except only indictments for treason 
or felony, to order,. on motion, “special 
juries to be struck before: the proper officer, 
See: 30, BAS AD AQ Ss & 
The 31st clause directs, that every person 
who shall be described’ in’ the -jurors” book 
for any county in England or Wales, or for 
the county or city of London,-as an’ esquire 
or person of higher degree, or: asa ‘banker 
or merchant, shall be qualified’ and: liable: to 
serve on special juries in every’ county’in 
England: and Wales, ‘and‘London: respec- 
tively; and the sheriff of every’ county in 
England or Wales; or his under-sheriff, and 
the sheriffs of (London,- or their’ secondary, 
shall, within ten days after the delivery of 
the jurors’ book for the current year’ to 
either of them, take from~such: book’ the 
names of all persons described therein: as 
esquires or persons of higher degree, or as 
bankers or merchants, and shall respectively 
cause the names, abodes, and additions of all 
such persons to be truly copied out in alpha- 
betical order in a separate list to be sub- 
joined to the jurors’ book, which list shall 
be called “ The Special Jurors’ List,”” and 
shall prefix to every name in’ such list its 
proper number, continuing the numbers 
from the first name in a regular authentical 
series down to the last name, and shall cause 
such numbers ‘to’ be written upon distinct 
equally-sized: pieces of parchment) or: card, 
and shall then deposit the same in a separate 
box or drawer for the purposes’ heremafter 
mentioned, - RY, 1G189 10 
The proper officer of the court/isito:appoint 
the time and place for nominating the speeial 
jury; and being attended »by»the» ander- 
sheriff of the county in which’ the thial isto 
be had, or onthe secondary of thoveity of 
® The phraseology of, the statute, is, {*arknight’s 
being yeturned,”—an expression rather ist ong, and 
which requires the ingenuity ofan as “em iment- 
man to explain: jtermeanivg,) oy) 
( London, 
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