The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1792-07-18 00:00:00, page 1

Newhampfhire
; this date,
T)E it enabled by the Senate
K>and House of Representatives
in General-Court convened. That
the feleamen of each town, and
of each parish (having the pri
vilege and power oftowns)with
in this state, shall take a lift of
the names of all perlons living
within their refractive limits, I
Qualified in the opinion^ of the
Selectmen to serve as petit-ju
rors; each of whom to have an
estate of freehold of forty (hil
lings per annum or other estate
to the value of fifty pounds ;
and shall chufe out of such lift,
one third part of the number of
the names contained therein, of
such persons as they shall judge
most suitable to serve as jurors
at the foperiour- court,and shall
write their, names on separate
pieces of paper, and put them
into a box, to be by said fele&
men provided for that purpose;
and the remainder of the names
in such lift, to be written as a
forefaid, and put into another
box, to be so provided ; and the
persons whose names shall be so
put in the last mentioned box,
shall serve on the petit-jury at
the inferiour-court of common
pleas, and court of general-fef
fons of the peace ; which boxes
ffiallfe'delivered to the town
orparifh clerk, to be by him
kept under lock;
And belt further enaaed,That
the venire facias for said jurors,
shall be issued by the clerks of
the refpeaive courts aforefaid,
thirty days, at leafl, before the
day of the fitting of the court
to which it is returnable ; and
shall be directed to the clerk of
the town or parish, requiring
him to cause so many persons
to be appointed and returned,
of those duly qualified, within
EXETER, (New-Hampfoire) Printed and Published by HENRY RANLET, at Nine Shillings per annum
LAWS
°' the
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
An ACT
Directing and regulating the ap
pointment and choice of pe
tit-jurors.
Faffed June 17, 1785.
Whereas it is of the utmost impor
tance, shat impartial jurors
jhould be appointed to serve in
the federal courts of justice in
WEDNESDAY, July 18, 1792.]
the town or parish pf which he
is clerk, as flhall be mentioned
in the venire, (and as shall be
ordered by the justices of Laid
courts, respectively ;) who fball
thereupon, immediately notify a
town or parish meeting, accord
ing to the customary method of
calling such meetings, {within
such townor parish refpeaively,
to be held, at lead,fix days be
fore the fitting of th© court to
which the venire is returnable.
And that such appointment of
jurymen may be fairly and im
partially tranfacled, the town or
parish clerk,or in case of hisab
fence or sickness, one or more
of the ftledmen shall carry into
the meeting, the proper box,
locked,which (hall be unlocked
there ; and the town or parish
clerk, or a fe left man, attend
ing as aforesaid, fhaH draw out
of the said box, before all the
persons assembled, so many of
the papers in said box, as there
are jurors required by the ve
nire ;and the persons whose
names fball be so drawn out of
the box, fball serve according
ly : excepting any,whole names
mall be drawn put, fball be then
fick,or any otherways unable to
serve, in the judgment of thole
upon, that occaGon afembled ;
in which case their names fball
be returned into the.bo± and 0-
thers drawn in their Read. And
that the fame persons may not
serve too often, the clerk or fe
ledmen, who (ball draw out
the names as aforefaid, of futh
as fball be returned to serve as
jurors, shall enter on the back
of the paper on which such
names shall be written, phe time
when such,; draught fball be
made and return the fame into
the box again. And no person
shall be obliged to serve as a ju
ror, (although his name shall
be drawn a, aforefaid) oftener,
than once in three years. And.
for the more orderly proceeding
at such meeting, the qualified
voters in town affairs, who shall
be present, may and shall firfl
proceed to chufe a suitable per-|
fon,then present, to be modern
tor of the meeting and to igo-I
vern and regulate the business of
such meeting. And until a mo
derator shall be so chosen, the
town-clerk,or in case of hi§ ab
sence as aforefaid, a |&&to
shall govern the said meeting.
And the feledmen aforefaid,
shall, once every year regulate
the said lifts,by adding thereto
TH E
reded,upon motion from either
party in the cause to be tried,
:to put a juror to answer upon
oath(, whether returned as afore
faid, or as a talefman,) whether
he doth expe& to gain or lose
by (he ihue of the cause then
depending ? Whether he is any
ways related to either ,party ?
And whether he hath been of
counsel to either party, or di
redly or indirectly given his o
pinion, or sensible of any preju
dice in the cause ? And if it
/hall appear to the court; that
Inch juror does hot stand indif
ferent in said cause, he shall be
let aside from the trial of that
cause and another appointed in
his Head. And the fheriff and
coroner refpedively, are hereby
authorized, to fill up a jury,by
returning ,talefmen, as the case
may require,
any new names of persons be
coming qualified since the last
regulation ; and by filling up
the vacancies made by death,or
othef difability,in the said box
es: and also, by transferring the
names from one box to the 0-
therj as there may be occasion
by the addition of young men's
names to the lift, or otherways.
, And when any person fball
be appointed to serve as a juror,
in manner aforefaid,.the town
the hapd of a constable to the
juror, which shall be delivered
to him, or left at his dwelling
houfe, at least four days before
the day of the court's fitting;,at
which he is to serve ; which no
tification shall. set forth the
time when such juror's name
was drawn, the name of the
court at which he is jo serve,
and the day when he must ap
pear there. And the said town &
parish clerk refpeaively, shall
certify to the clerk of the court;
who issued the venire, cn the
back thereof, the names of the
perfohs so appointed to serve as
jurors, and that they have been
duly notified as aforefaid, at
least the day before the fitting
of the court to which the venire
is returnable. And if any per
son who shall be so appointed
and notified to serve as a juror
shall negled to attend according
lyJe shall be liable and fubjedt
to the fine and penalty of thir
ty (hillings.
And be it further enaEled,l3i
the justices of the refpeQive
courts aforefaid, are hereby di-
or parish clerk fbgll fend a no
tification thereof in writing, by
Gazetteer.
[Numb. 3 of Volume 7.
[Oil Letter, vubicb has been publifced in
the Parisian prints,; certainly genuine,
That it has thus appeared,may be attrib
bated to the Creatures oftbe Court,mho
. di,approve of fueb a correffeondence in
proportion as they are attached to the
old f,ftem. They imagined that its pub
licity may,ubtro& from its efca,or at
tach to it a degree of ridieale. But in
this they are probably deceived. The o
pinions of mankind havefiefained a ma,
terial change, and the phantom of fate
fecrery has loft much of its reputfue polo
er.*- The "event, nue trust, quill con
vince than of their mifahe.]
The following is a corre& translation of
the Letter.,
'' Siri—my Brother,
I SEND this letter to Mons. Cbameiirt
whom I have named my Minister
Plenipotentiary at the, Court of your
Majelly. Ifeize this opportunity to ex.
prels to your Majesty how sensible f am
of all the publick marks of affection you
have given me. I thank you for not
having become a ' party to the League for
med by certain powers against France.#—
From this I fee that you have formed a
better judgment of my true interests, and
a more correct opinion of the flare of
France.,'
r Between our two countries new con
nexions ought, to take plate. I think I
fee the remains pf that rival flhip, which
has done so much mifehief to both,wear
ing daily away. It becomes two Kings
who have diltinguilhed their reigns by
!And be it farther enabled,That
upon any emergency, a Effici
ent number of jurors may be
appointed and summoned, while
such courts refpeaively are fit
ting. And the venire shall be
issued to the town or parish
clerk, immediately, and the
names drawn according as this
aft direds. And- in such cases
the town and parish clerks, re
fpedively shall order the consta
ble or constables cf the town or
parish defectively, to warn a
meeing forthwith,and the num
ber cf jurors required in the
venire, shall be immediately
drawn and appointed' as afore
faid, and notified to attend the
service of the court from whence
the venire issued which shall be
returned as foonaS may be,And
the jurors so appointed and na~
tfied, shall immediately attend
accordingly, on the pains and
penalties aforefaid, in case of
neglect lo to do. And the town.
Letter from the King of the French
to the King of England.
and parish clerks aforefaid, shall
be paid for the services enjoined
them by this a&,what is realon
able, by the towns and parishes
in which they serve, yearly.
Foreign Intelligence.
FRANCE.