, 1876-02-22
Eircmcn Not Exempt from Jury
Service.
Tie Arguments in the Contempt Case
Postponed till To-Day.
Judge Moore Working Away at Ta1 Cases
.-.Tho LOWS Natter.
0ronkhite Goes into Bankruptoy-How tu
Smoke Out Tenant.
Rocord Of Judgments and New Suits
---To-Dny's Businoss.
Jury SERVICE.

JURY SERVICE
lEnyICE IN THE PtAE DEPARTMENT No EXEMPTION.
III tho case Of Frederick A. bragg Va. Tho
People. recently decided by tho Supreme Court,
the question waH raised whether person could
claim exemption from Jury service on account
Of hariuR served in tho Fire Department.
prarg had boon summoned aa Juror In tho
Circuit Court, and had urged "A excuBo that no
uaa exempted from service, having ecrvol Ia
tho Chicago Fire Department, Judge Booth held
tue claim tua,imishIblo. and N xppcal mas takou
to tho Supreme Court whore this decision was
affirmed.
Julga Gcnolt1eld who delivered tho opinion in
tho Supreme Court remarked that tho question
bad been previously decided at tho septombor
term, 18TH III the case Of Scranton VI. Tho Poo
pie, whers 1t had been held that An exemption
could not he the subject Of d contract, aud was
moro gratutty which the iaw.makinR powor
might Withdraw at its pleasure. As, however,
tie rcasons on which that decision rested wore
nut stated fully, they wore givon longlh in thIs
opinion.
i was impossible for life, l!borty, and property
10 DO properly protected without tho aEd Of jl-
machinery Of government. The .Legiaa-
lssuro Was bound Ia provide for
.ls election OF lurors IN tho way
t.In caeses might By i bo exempted, but to H say
that such e4cmPtlon should be perpetual would
be to tie tho hands OF its auccossors 10 tho OK.
toot Of destroying government. The question
was Hfmply ono of puWtr iu Tho Legislature, and
involved no principle which would not oqually
apply to exemptions On account OF any other
service. 1t might ho possible for ono Legs-
lature, concsdlng 1t the power TO exempt, tu
thus render 1t Impossible to get Jury fron, tho
better clnas Of tho people, Moreover, IL ono
citizen could bo allowed to purchase exemption,
oil citizens might DO allowed 10 doRo, and tlua
tho ends Of the Constitution bc defcated,
All citizens wero bound to aervo 90 }urprg ns
tLoy we.e bound to acryo az militfa-
meu In case Of necessity. II ono duty
could be destroyed by purchase why could
not nil !? II wAH no enaWor to say that the
power would not ba abnaud to such 10 o1teut,
Tor tho probability that cIaimed powor would
not be abused. waa no proof OF ita possession.
The powor claimed wuH, III effect, 10 tic tue
hands OF future legislators in providing for tho
aeleetton OF m fuattumentallty through which,
undor tho Constitution, tho most important laws
could alono be enforced, and whether that should
bo allowed Is to ten citizens Or all IN county
wAa only question Of degroe. 10 long ~ tlo
Jury systam r0mhlned tho Legislature ougnt to
ps permitted to perfect it from time to time aud
1t WAS uot competent to bind tho State
parpetually. Tho comparison that Htato
:ould bind Itself not to oxnos taxa-
lion In rcEurd to particular property
you'd not apply, "a in tllas care tile btate ro-
tclyad quid pro quo, while III tue caae OF tue
e1emption Ut = party from jury Arryico It did
not II the lattor exemption wore to become
universal, thero would be no jury, and notllng
sould 10 substituted therefor.