Nebraska advertiser., 1867-08-15
AN ACT.

IS ~ NAG 49, 49,
to provide a uniform system Of impan-
neling iuries 10 cFiminaFcases
Sec. l. Be it enacted bg The Council and
House Of Representatives, Of the Territory
Of Nebraska, That the forms hereinafter
prescribed, numbered n and two, shall
be deemed sufficiently technical and cor
rect. and may, with necessary modiica-
tons, be used by justices of the peace, in
all cases where they have Jurisdiction, to
try and determine the charges preferred
against any person for a violation of the
laws of this territory.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty Of The
county clerks of the several organized
counties of this territory to procure from
the secretary Of this territory copies of
Ibis act; and the county clerk of each
county of this territory, in which a pa
per is published, shall procure the pub
LEGATION Of this act in a newspaper pub
Iished at the county seat of the proper
county, where ali Of the printing requir.
ed BY law to be done in the comfy shall
be done. for the period Of three weeks (;
provided, that a creator sum than ten
dollars shall in DO case be paid in a
County for such printing.
Sec. 3. The secretary OF the territory
shall be allowed The usual fees for ma
king copies Of this act, and furnishing
the same 10 the county clerks making aps
pllcation thereof
Sec. 4 la all criminal prosecutions
instituted under Inc criminal laws of this
territory, The attorney prosecuting for
the TERRITORY shall be allowed one-half
the number of peremplory challenges
now allowad BY law TO the person who
stands charged with the crime or mis-
demeanor for which be is being tried,
Sec. 8. The mode Of imBanneliug ju-
RES in criminal cases shall be as follows,
to-wit:
First. Twelve men. having The quail
fcations of electors, shall first be placed
in the jury box. who shall, if either par
~ desires il. be sworn to answer CUES.
uons touching their qualifications to
serve as Jurors.
Second, When the PANEL is foil and
the right to challenge for cause no longer
exists, then the order Of challenging shall
be by the attorney prosecuting for the
territory. challenging one Juror peremP-
torily, or waving his rights so to do, and
then by the accused challenging two ju-
rors, or waving his right to challenge
one or both of them. and so on alterna-
tely, until the challenges are all exhaus-
ted.
Third, Whenever a perempEory chal-
lenge is made, no ether challenge stall
again be made ualil The vacancy so caus-
ed in the PANEL Shall b. filed.
Sec. s.. THIS act shall take effect from
the date Of lis passage.
One.
THE TERR1ToRY or NEBRASKA, BEFORE A. b.
vs. Justice Of the
A. b peace, within and
for County.
The complaint and information Of 81.
b, of the county Of made before
G. D., Esquire, one Of the justices Of the
peace within and for county. Ne
braska Territory, on this day Of
Is +, who being by me duly sworn,
on his oath says, that E. F.. of said last
named county, on the day Of ),
Is in the said last named county, to
one G. A., n gill, Cor pint OF quart, as
The case may be J, of rum, one gill of
whisky. one gill of brandy. one gill Of
wine, one gill of beer, describe the.
kind Of liquor sold). Of the value Of ten
cents, did then and there vend, sell and
deliver for money, to-wit: for the sum
of ten cents Tor tia, be has just and rea.
sonable grounds to suspect that z. F.,
has done and committed The act charged)
without having Obtained license therefor.
and contrary to the form of the statute
10 such cases made and provided.
A. B.
Tnn15ronT Of NrpRA'HA. IS.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
C. d., Justice Of the Peace.
Tlco.
III e. Territory Of Nsbraska,l Before A. B., q Justice
VI Sof the Pace, within, and
A. B. f3T - County, Ne
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