The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-20

THE UNITED STATES CoURT-HoN. GEORGE S.
BRYAN, JUDGE, PREsIDING.-The District Court
was opened at 10 O'Clock yesterday morning.
JURY ORDER.
A Jury order was signed by the Judge. The fol-
lowing is synopsis:
| Section first provides that the Clerk and Mar
shall for the United States District Court
| OF the Eastern District of South Carolina
shall make up a jury list from the said
district "of three hundred names Of citizens
qualified under the laws Of the State Of South
| Carolina to serve In the highest courts
Of the State in which juries are used, In the fol-
| lowing manner, to wit: They shall call on the
several collectors Of internal revenue to furnish
from the several counties in their collection dis
tricts and embraced in said Eastern District,
names Of citizens to be selected by them and
such as they shall think well qualified to serve as
! jurors, being persons Of good moral character
sound Judgment and free from all legal exception.
The number to be furnished by each collector
shall be designated by the clerk and marshal, and
shall be in the same proportion to the whole num-
| Der required as the number Of counties in their
several collection districts, embraced In said East
ern District is to the whole number OF counties In
the said Eastern District; provided, If any ono OF
the said collectors Of internal revenue SHALL after
thirty days. notice in writing from the said clerk
and marshal neglect or refuse to furnish the list
OF names as hereinbefore provided, then the clerk
and marshal shall proceed to select list OF jurors
from the several counties in the collection district
OF the collector negecting or refusing to furnish
list as aforesaid"
Section second provides that the names Of each
Of the Jurors shall be written upon separate slips
Of paper that the said slips shall be rolled mp and
placed in box to be provided for the purpose,
which box shall be kept securely fastened and
only opened at the time Of the drawing; that 'the
list Of jurors, and the box as thus made up, shall
be the list and box out Of which the jurors shall
be drawn for the year ensuing"
Section third provides that when the drawing
Is to be made, the clerk and the marshal shall at
tend at the clerks Office or at some other public
place to be designated by the district judge: that
s'if a person who is drawn Is exempted by law, or
is unable by sickness to attend as juror. his
name shall be returned into the box and another
drawn In his stead."
Section four provides that o jury list shall he
made up in accordance with the provisions OF the
previous sections, "during the months Of April
and May, provided that thejury list OF the present
year shall be made up as soon as practicable after
the passage OF this order"
Section fifth provides that the grand jurors
shall be drawn and summoned in the same man.
ner as jurors for trials, and when drawn at the
same time the names first drawn shall be return
cd as grand jurors.
Z. Section sixth provides that both the grand and
ot Iaoc
days before the commencement Of any term OF
court for which they are drawn.
Section seventh provides that not more than
thirty-one petit and nineteen grand jurors shall
be drawn or summoned to attend at one and the
same time any court, unless the court shall other
wise order.
Section eighth provides that "when, by reason
OF challenge or otherwise, a sufficient number Of
Jurors duly drawn and summoned cannot be OBJ
tanned for the trial Of any cause civil or criminal
the court shall forthwith cause jurors to be drawn,
to be returned from the bystanders, to complete
the panel'' Said jurors to be returned by the
"marshal or his deputies, and shall be such as
are qualified and liable to be drawn as jurors ac-
cording to the provisions Of law"
Section ninth provides that mo person shall be
liable to be drawn or serve as juror oftener than
once In two years; but he shall not be so exempt
unless he attends and serves as juror in pursu-
ance OF the draft"
Section tenth provides that the jurors in atten-
dance at any term OF the court shall be empanel-
led in the same manner as providettby the laws
of the State of South Carolina.
Section eleventh provides that the rules hereto
fore passed relative to designating, drawing and
empaneling jurors he rescinded
PETITIONS AND CASES.
Petition OF J. W. Folk, OF NewDerry, for final
discharge in bankruptcy, was granted.
Final hearing of the petition of James L. Davis,
for final discharge in bankruptcy, was ordered to
be continued until the 2d OF November.
In the cases OF W. b. Metts, T. S. Jetfreys, Jas.
Mason J. S. r. Thompson anu ". A. Noon, peti-
tions for orders to deposit funds, the petitions
were granted.
In the case &C John w. StrecSley VS.. II. d.
Green, petition for sale of outstanding debts, the
assignee was ordered to sell at public auction.
Court then adjourned.