The Penn's Grove record., 1888-04-14
sHDOsING JIRDHs

been in use for a great many years
was described as follows by Governor
Grrrn in his veto to the Jury Commits
sioneIS law
As is well known the the Grand
Jurors are, by the present law, sum-
nrOned by the Sheriff from the body of
the county; the selection of the per
som being his individual act.
by the existing law the Petit Jury is
selected rs follows:
1t is made the duty Of the respective
Sherifts in the several counties. to
procure every year a list of the persons
qualified to serve as jurors in their
respective counties. with their places
of abode, designating their respective
townships and wards. These lists are
to be completed by the first day of
January in each year. and are to be
kept in the SIieriff's Office open to the
inspection of all persons. This duty
is imposed upon the Sheriff under Il
penalty of $500 for each Otfense.
On the fourth Tuesday before the
commencement of tleterm, the Sheriff
is required to produce the list at the
Court House at IL O'Clock in the morn
ing, and there, i'll the presence OF the
County Clerk, and before the Court of
Common Pleas, to select therefrum
tie names of at least twice as many
persons as the Court deems necessary
to be summond as jurors for the next
term. These names So selected are
then to be written Ou separate pieces
of paper, folded 50 Us to conceal the
name of the juror, and put into IA box,
and when 81 folded, ale required to be
of the same size, color. and shape, as
nearly as may Oe; the box is then to
be closed and shaken SO Us to intermin-
gle the pieces Of paper; the Sheriff or
some person appointed 10y the Court is
then required, in an open Tiid public
manner, i'll the presence of the Clerk
and such persons as choose to be pre-
sent, 10 draw oul of the box separately,
as many OF the papers as members Of
the jury, as the Court shall deem nee
essary 10 summon. These name ale
to he publicly announced AS drawn
and transcribed by the Clerk, aS they
| are read by the person drawing them
from the box, and the persons so Sc
lected are to coustitutrIte the general
OF jurors.
The new law under which Two Jury
Commissioners were appointed Will not
go into effect until July 4rh and pro-
vides that after they have qualified
they shall proceed 1T one to make
two lists, alphabetically arranged, of
the IN of all persons in the county
liable to jury duty, with their places
of abode, by designating their town.
ships and wards, and said list shall be
Tiled in the office OF the County Clerk
| and one list Shall be delivered to the
Judge of the Circuit Court. The Com
| missiOners are to hold their office for
three years and they shall receive such
conversation as the Judge may direct,
but their salary shall not exceed $500 IA
year. 1t also provides that not more
than 30 DAYS before the next term of
the Circuit Court the Commissions
shall select III open court, from the
list, a panel of jurors. which shall i'll
no case be less than treble the number
required for such panel, and from this
| list the names of seventy-iive persons
shall be drawn who aie liable to serve
as grand jurors. These names are to
be written on Il slip of paper and han
| ded To the Clerk, who is to deposit the
slips containing the names selected ior
petit Jurors in one box and the others
for grand jurors IN another. Then the
Commissioners are to draw from the
grand jurors box the INT OF twenty
four persons, who shall constitute the
Grand jury, and III like manner shall
draw from the other box the names OF
| the petit jurors, such number as the
| Judge may direct.