The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-01-02
IvOL. iIT.-NO. 1875.

be quarterly slttlng OF the District
Court, to be continued as long as bu-
siness may require, and if necessary to
be adjourned from week to week !; at
which. besides any business that NAV be
done at a monthly sitting, may be tried
cases of summary process pending in ).
Court civil suits, above the summary
jurisdiction, wherein one or both of the
parties are persons OF color cases of
crime or felony punishable by death
without benefit clergy, Of which per
sons of color may be accused. and anv
other matters pending in the Court.
The proceeding ip' the cases severally
shall be, in general, similar to those in
like cases m. the Superior Court of Law,
subject to the diversities in form which
may be produced by the rules adopted
by the. Court Of Appeals, as hereinafter
provided. i'.s "a
XVII,GsFor each quarterly sitting,
Jurors shah be drawn at monthly sit.
ting,not more, than forty nor less than
ten days before slichtquarterly sitting,
! who shall fnhder a Ssnire, be summoned
by tho Sheriffve, days preceding the
time whiclmay be fixed for the com.
Imencement of the quarterly sitting.
With aRiewf to these Jurors, once in
every two years y list shall be procured
from, the Tax Collector; from that names
OF allfJnrots qualified to sit as Jurors in
the Superior Court, shall be entered on
tickets, and from these tickets there
shall be drawn for each quarterly sit.
ting, twen'y.four, to be copied in the
panel annexed. At the quarterly Sit :
ting, from those Of the twenty four who
attend, eight shall be drawn, in open
l..Gourt, who shall constitute a Grand
Jury. and twelve shall bc drawn. who
Shall constitute a Petit Jury Of six, TO
be calleda Special Jury, and six super
numeres. Ofthe Grand Jurors, the
concurrence of six shall be necessary to
the finding Of a true bill In the 'Spe.
cial Jury, unanimity of the six shall be
required for verdict. AT the opening
'Of n trial, in a capital case, at least
twelve Jurors shall be present. and Of
these the accused may make peremptory
challenges until the number shall be re-.
duced to six. At the opening of a trial
in a civil suit or in a criminal case not
capital, not more than ten Jurors need
| be present, and each party alternately in
civil suit, and the accused, in crimi-
nal case, not capital, may make peremp-
tory challenges, until the Jury Of six is
left. If there should not be sufficient re-
duclion by challenges, the six. shall be
ascertained by drawing. An insufficient
number in any instance shall be sup.
piled by Jurors whom the Sheriff shall
summon, ofthe same persons, and in the
same way, as has been hereinbefore pro.
vided, in respect to q common Jury. A
Special Jury may do anything for.
iwhich' Q Common Jury is competent.
.Challenges.for cause at either the month
| ly. or qnarterly sittings shall be unhmit.
ed.i "A separate jury. box shall be pro.
lavided fortheDistrict Court and in re
| spect to jtfies, the orders of court, lu.
ties sof tax collector, sheriff and clerk,
IpaS Of jasors. penalties Of default, and
lal, laws aHl practices shall, with such
notifications as,tbe provisions herein
}nade, aud the rules adopted by the
Ilcoutt Of Appeals, may render necessary,
! be tilefsame,in: the District Court as in
the. Superior .Coprs. Gb
= iXNITIs The Judge shall take care,
bypropet arrangements of the order OF
bnsjnessstandib ,'disehargmg all Jurors
who may be present above The necessa-
ry nnmbeSto relncel the expenses Of
theNconrt asmuch as justice will permit.
EachSJ Jurpr shall receive from the clerk
certificate sisnedby the clerk, and conn
tefsigned bythe Judge, for such sum as
for like iseryicces he woula have receiv-
| ed i6a Juror Of the superior court and
this sum shall be paid under the order
of 'ithe district court Judge. In,like
manner, there shall be'acertifeate aud
payment for any constable that may at
Eten6 tho rtun3er the order Of the
sheriff ofwhon, there shpllnotl be- more
Ethans three without the order OF the.
| Judge, which shall be srshted only in.
cases ofnecessity. The clerk shall en-,