The Washington critic., 1886-01-25

tioDs, TO net as petit jurors, or either, as may
he needed at any subsequent term OF the
court to be held between the time OF the
happening Of the contingency mentioned
and the LIST day Of February then next en-
suing.
The process for filling vacancies is
as follows:
SEC. sG5. Vacancies in either grand or
petit juries ordered to be summoned, as
provided in the preceding section, may be
filled by other persons summoned by the
Marshal upon the order of the court.
1t is not generally known that there
is penalty attached to n failure to APP
pear when summoned but the section
below will be likely to awaken some
mems minds to the truth of the as
sertion:
SEC 500. II any person selected as juror,
and duly notified to attend, shall, without
sufficient cause, neglect to attend agreeably
to notice, he shall be fined by the court in n
sum not exceeding $50 for every day he
shall be absent during the sitting Of the
court.
Much has been said and written about
the jury system of this District and its
impcrfections but for any collusion in
arranging the list or persons trying to
get on the jury severe penalty has
been imposed, as follows:
SEC. $40. II any officer shall put on the
list the name Of any person at his own re-
quest, or on the request OF any other per-
son, or shall be guilty Of any fraud or col
lusion with respect TO the drawing of jurors,
he shall be deemed guilty OF misde-
meanor, and shall be punished by fine Of
not less than one hundred dollars, and i'm
prisoDed in the county jail not less than
sixty days for each offense.
SEC. S7l. II the clerk Of the court shall
draw from the box a greater number Of
names than is required by the court, In ac-
cordance with law, or shall put In the box
any name after the same has been delivered
to him, or shall be guilty OF any fraud or
collusion In respect to the drawing of
jurors, he shall be deemed guilty Of a mis-
demcanor, and shall be punished by fine
Of not less than one hundred dollars, and
be imprisoned in the District jail not less
than sixty days for each ofrense.
In capital cases the following course
may be pursued:
SEC. s57. In capital cases when the panel
| shall be exhausted by reason of challenge
or otherwise, the Court may, in its discre.
| tion, order additional names to be drawn
and II all of the names in the box shall be
drawn out and no jury found, the Court
may OTuer inc marbnull 10 summon talcS-
men until jury shall be found.
In order to break up what was
termed professional Jurors and pre-
vent some men getting on juries al
most every term, section SGl was
amended by act of Congress June g.
1880, so as to'provide that ut shall be
good cause of principal challenge tc
any persons called to serve as a tales
man on a petit jury, at any term of the
Criminal or Circuit Courts of this Dis
trict, that has served as such juror in
the trial of cause in either of sale
courts at any time within one year mex
before his being so called and chal
lenged, and that when any name Il
drawn from the box and that person fol
any reason fails to serve as q juror a
the term for which he has been drawn
the clerk, unless otherwise ordered by
the Court, shall replace the same ii
the jury box.
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