The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-17
THE DRAWING OF THE JURY.
Extracts from the Law Which Shows
who is Responsible for the Dis
charge of this Duty.


Who is Responsible for the Dis
charge of this Duty.
AS the general makeup Of the juries at
each term OF the Court for the last year have
become matter which elicits some attcn-
ton, and some remark, it may not be an'iss
ing juries, that the people may know who Is
responsible for this important work.
There shall be appointed by the Governor.
and confirmed by the Senate, enc officer Tor
each County in the State, to be named ana
designated a Jury Commissioners. who, wltls
the tounty Auditor and Chairman ol the
Board of County Commissioners a majority
of the same shall constitute q Board of jury
Commissioners for County.
The Buard OF Jury Commissioners OF each
County shall, once in every year, during the
month of January, prepares q list OF such in
tlabitantS Of their respective Counties. not ab-
Solutely exempt. rs Ncy mag think '0cN qudtt-
fcd to Scrre nx jurOrS being 4erSOns OF gb0o
n,0r0t character. Of sound judgment, ana irce
from all legal exceptions; which list shall in
clude not less than one from, every twenty
voters. nor more than one from every ten
voters. OF their respective Counties. to be Sc
lected without regard TO whether such persons
reside within five miles or more than hre
miles from the Court House.
OF the list so prepared, the Board OF Jury
Commissioners shall cause the names to he
written, each one on separate paper or pal
lot, and shall fold up said pieces of paper or
ballots SO as to resemble each other as much
as possible, SO that the name written thereon
shall not be visible on the outside, and shall
place them in Il box. to be furnished them bv
the County Commissioners OF their County
for THAT purpose. and by sait. Board OF jury
County Commissioners to be kept.
At the same time. they shall place in a sep
arate and special apartment in the jury hoS.
to be known as the tales box, the names OF
"a hS.1 1,yv tn nS H..
rors, who res de within five miles OF the
Court House, from which shall be drawn jul
rors 10 supply deficiencies arising from any
cause or emergency, during the sitting OF the
Court.
If any member of the Board of Jury Com
missionerS shall be guilty Of fraud, either by
practising on the jury box previously
TO a draft. or in drawing juror or in return
which had been lawfully drawn out, and
drawing or substituting another in his stead,
or in any other way in the drawing OF jurors,
he shall be punished by Il fine not eXce"dlrg
cccding two years in the State Penlteh-
When jurors are to be drawn, the Board of
Jury Commissioners shall attend at the office
In and for that County, and IN the presence Of
the Clerk of the Court oud The Sheriff of the
County. shuU shake up utc names IN he jury
bor 1tntil thry are 'CcU nircd, and having UNI
lOcKtO SalO DON, tle foOaiu Ol Jury IoIuIillS-
Sioners, in the presence of the Clerk Of the
Court and the Sheriff of the County, shall pro-
ceed to draw therefrom, without seeing the
names written thereon, number OF ballots
equal tn the number of jurors required. Pro
rided. That if The Clerk and Sheriff shall fail TO
attrud, after due notice, the Jury Commission
erS shall proceed without them, and the jury
so drawn shalt be lawful. y
Whenever it Shall be necessary to supply
any deficiency in the number OF grand or pet
it jurors duly drawn, whether caused by chal-
Icnge or otherwise, it shall be the duty Of the
Jury Commissioner to attend in open Conrt,
to.ether with the Clerk of the Court of Com
mon Pleas and General Sessions and the Shel-
iff Of the County. and under the direction of
the Court to draw from the special apart rtment
in The jury box, known as the tales box, such
number of tnnd competent persons to SrrUe as ju-
rorx as the Court shall deem necessary to I'LL
such deficiency.