The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-04

XIX, A list of jurors in cities shall
be prepared and posted therein, by
the Mayor and Aldermen, in like
manner as required of Selectmen; and
when posted for ten days shall be
submitted to the Mayor and Alder
men, who shall have power to revise
and accept the same.
Xxx. The Mayor and Aldermen
and the Clerks of each city shall
severally have and exercise all the
powers and duties with regard to
drawing, and all other matters relat-
ing to jurors therein, which are in
this Act required to be performed by
the Selectmen and Town Clerks Of
their respective towns; and all centres
tor Jurors to be returned from cities
shall be served on the Mayor and AL
dermen.
XXI. On the day when the Jurors
are summoned to attend at any Court,
the Clerk shall prepare a list of their
names arranged in alphabetical order.
The first twelve on the list who are
not excused, shall be sworn and en-
panneled as q jury for the trial of
causes, and shall be called the first
jury. The next twelve on the list
shall then be sworn and empanneled
In like manner, and shall be called
the second jury.
AA1L Supernumerary jurors may
be excused from time to time until
wanted and may be put on either of
the Jurles, as occasion requires, in the
place of absentees. Nothing herein
contained shall prevent the transfer
ring of jurors from one jury to the
other when the convenience of the
Court or of the jurors require it.
XIII. Each jury after being thus
empanneled shall retire and choose
their foreman, or shall make such
choce upon retiring with the first
cause with which they are charged;
and whenever the foreman is absent
or excused from further service, q
new foreman shall be chosen in like
manner.
NAIV. Nothing contained in tho
preceding Sections shall apply to the
empanneling of iuries in criminal
cases; but the jurors shall be called,
sworn and empanneled anew for the
trial of each case, according to the
established prBctice, and their fore
man shall be appointed by the Court,
or by the jury when they retire to
consider their verdict.
XIV. When by reason of chal-
lenge or otherwise, sufficient num-
ber of jurors duly drawn and sum-
moned cannot be obtained for the
trial of any cause, civil or criminal,
the Court shall cause jurors to be re-
turned from the by-standers or from
the County at large, to complete the
panel: Provided, That there are on
the jury not less than seven of the
jurors who were originally drawn and
summoned as before provided.
AXVl. The jurors 80 returned from
the by-standers shall be returned by
the Sheriff or his Deputy, or by a
Coroner, or by any disintcrested per-
son appointed therefor by the Court,
and shall be such as are qualified and
liable to be drawn as Jurors according
to the provisions of law. n
NAVII. The Court shall, on mo-
ton Of either party in suit, examine
on oath any person who is called
Juror therein, to know whether he is
related to either party, or has any in
terest in the cause, or has expressed
or formed any opinion, or is sensible
OF any bias or prejudice therein; and
the party objecting to the Juror may
introduce any other competent evi-
dence in support of the objection. If
it appears to the Court that the Juror
is not indifferent in the cause, an
other shall be called and placed in his
stead for the trial of that cause.
XVIII. In indictments and penal
actions of or the recovery of sum of
money or other thing forfeited, it
shall not be q cause of challenge to
juror that he is liable to pay taxes in
any County, city Or town which may
be benefited by such recovery.
xxx. If party knows of any OBJ
lection to juror in season 20 propose
it before the trial and omits to do so.
he shall not afterwards be allowed to
make the same objection unless by
leave of the Court.
xxx. No irregularity in any writ
of Ueni,'e .fucias, or in the drawing,
summoniDg, returning or empannel-
ing of jurors shall be sufficient to set
aside q verdict, unless the party MAX
ing the objection was injured by the
irreguIarity, or unless the objection
was made before the returning of the
verdict.