The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-03-29

served and returned, ana tne jury
required to attend on such days as
the Court shall direct.
SEC. II. All jurors, whether re-
quired to serve on grand or petit
jury, shall be selected by drawing
ballots from the jury box, and the
persons whose names are borne on
the ballots so drawn shall be re-
turned to serve as jurors.
Sec. y. When jurors are to be
drawn, the Board of Jury Com
missioners shall attend at tn: Of
fee Of the Clerk Of the Cour' L
Common Pleas within and for that
County, and in the presence of the
I Clerk Of the Court, and the Sher-
if of the County, shall shake up
the names in the jury box until
/ they are we'll mixed, and, having
unlocked said box, the said Jury
! Commissioner, in the presence Of
! the Clerk of the Court and Sheriff
of the County, shall proceed to
draw thcrctrom. without seeing
/ the names wrilleu thereon, num-
Der Of ballots equal to the number
of jurors required. If a person so
drawn is exempted by law, or is
unable, by reason Of sickness or
absence from home, to attend as a
juror, or if he has served as a ju-
! ror in any Court within the year
then next preceding, his name
shall be returned into the box, and
another drawn IN his stead: Pro-
vided, That if the Clerk and Sher-
iff shall fail TO attend, after due no.
tice, the Jury Commissioner shall
proceed without them, and the ju-
~ so drawn shall be lawful.
Sec. 13. When any person is
drawn and returned to serve as a
Juror in any Court, the Board Of
Jury Commissioners shall endorse
on the ballot the date Of the draft,
and return it into the box after
the number Of jurors required have
been drawn; and whenever there
is a revision and renewal Of the
| ballots in the box, the Board Of
Jury Commissioners shall transfer
to the new ballots the date OF all
| the drafts made within the year
then next preceding.
SEC. Il. The time for drawing
Jurors shall not be less than seven
nor more than fifteen days before
the day when the jurors are re-
quired to attend.
SEC. Is. The Sheriff shall, at
least four days before the time
when the jurors are required to
attend, summon each person who
is drawn, by reading to him the
centre, with his endorsement there
on Of his having been drawn, or
by leaving at his place Of abode i
written notification of his having
hecn drawn, and of the time and
place of the sitting Of the Court at
which he is to attend, and shall
make return Of the vtnire, with
his doings thereon, to the Clerk Of
the Court, before the opening or
time Of holding the Court, from
which it issued.
SEC. 16. 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 oroer. Z n e first
twelve on the list who are not ex-
empt, shall be sworn and empan-
ne1led as q jury for the trial Of
causes, and shall be called the first
Jury. The next twelve on the
list shall be sworn and empannelled
in like manner, and shall be called
the second jury.
SEC. II. Supernumerary jurors
may be excused, from time to
time, until wanted, and may be
put on either Of the juries, as oc-
casion requires, in the place Of ab
sentees. Nothing herein contain
ed shall prevent the transferring
of jurors from one jury to another
when the convenience Of the Court
or Of the jurors require it.
Sec. IS. Each jury. after being
thus empannelled, shall retire and
choose their foreman, or shall
make such choice upon retiring
with the first cause with which
they are charged and whenever
the foreman is absent or excused
from further service, a new fore
man shall be chosen in like man
ner.
SEC. 10. Nothing contained in
the preceding sections shall apply
to the cmpannelIing Of juries in
criminal cases; but the jurors shall
be called, sworn and empannelled
anew tor the trial Of each case, an-
cording to the established prac-
tice, and their foreman shall be
appointed by the conrt or by the
| jury when they rctire to consider
their verdict.
Sec. 20. When, by reason Of
challenge, or otherwise, or a suffi-
cient number ofjurors duly drawn
and summoned, cannot be obtained
for the trial Of any Cause, civil or
criminal. the court shall cause ju-
rors to bc'returned from the by
ISLANDERS, or from the county at
large, to complete the panel: Pro-
rided, That there are on the jury
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