Litchfield enquirer., 1860-07-12
CHAPTER XLvIII

CHAPTER XLvIII.
 An act to provide for holding Juries of Inquest in the town of New Haven.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
 sentatives in General Assembly convened
 Sec. l. Whenever any person shall come to a sudden, untimely. or unnatural death, or be four dead. within the limits of the town of New Ha- ven, and such other towns in this state as shall have approved of the provisions of this act as is hereinafter provided, the cause and manner of whose death is unknown. any justice of the peace residing in the towE, shall make his warrant di- rected to the sheriff of the county, his deputy, or either of the constables of the town, requiring such officer to summon six good and lawful men of said town, to appear before said justice, at time and place mentioned in said warrant. And said jurors shall be sworn by said justice to in- quire of the cause and manner of the delth of such person, and sEall present, on oath, true verdict thereof, under their hands to said justice of the peace, who shall return the same to the next superior court, 10 be held in the county where such town is situated.
 Sec. 2 Any officer who shall unnecessarily ne : lect or fail to execute such warrant shall forfeit the sum of five dollars; and if any person sum moned as a juror shall fail to appear without req sonable excuse therefor, he shall forfeit the sum of five dollars which forfetures shall be paid to the treasurer of the town for the use of said town and | shall be recoverable in an action of debt in the name of said treasurer. And it shall be the duty of the officer serving said warrant to remain in l attendance upon said justice and jury as long as he shall be required so to do.
 | Sec. 3. Said justice of the peace shall have DOW | CT to issue subpGnas for witnesses, returnable forthwith, or at such time and place as he shall therein direct and upon the neglect or refusal of any witness to attend as summoned, may issue a cnpias against the body of such witness, to bring him forthwith before said justice and jury, which said suhp9nas or carias may be directed to and served by any proper officer indifferent person. And any witness refusing to attend when sum- moned, or attending and refusing to be sworn or testify. may be punished by said justice in the same manner as witnesses may now be punished for refusing to appear and testify before justices of the peace
 Sec. A. The following fees shall be paid to the persons entitled to receive the same:
 70 the Justice =
 For venire, $ 50
 For subpoena, 25
 For each days hearing before jury, 100
 10 Qfcrs:-
 For summoning jury. 75
 For each days attendance, 50 For service of other process, the same fees now aiowed to officers for service of criminal process Issued by justices of the pe,ce
 To Witaesses:-
 me same fees now allowed to witnesses in cfimihal cases before justices of the peace: To Jurors ;.-
 The sum of one dollar per day.
 Which fees shall be taxed by said iust;ce who may drsw w on the of the town for the now by law provided for payment nel of nss. as IS criminal cases before justices of the peace s'S |" | Sec. 5. The provisions of this act shall o,-, and be in force in any other town in ths to whenever such town shall at any legal annual % town meeting on due notice given. approve and nf khoc itants of such town present at said meeting. | Sec. 6. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed 1 Approved, June 21, 1860.