The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-03-01
NEW JURY LAWS.
Ac.s Resulting :,om he Rscsn'
Session OF the Is glslature.
PROVISIONS sETFoURrH.
They Arc oflnterost 20 People In
Each Of tho Counties Of
tho s.ate. Text Of
The Acts.

Wv AAoapuhcp 1oA0uuB w tue jury byA-
tenn Of the State. One Of these was
MIR. Dominiok'a bill to validate all
juries for the spring term Of court
whether drawn regularly or irrogularly.
Another was that introduced BY
Senator Applet to further ogulato the
drawing Of grand ] urors, oto. The law
now req uires six members Of tho grand
jury to be drawn at tho fall term Of
court to servY, for tho ensuing year. In
case . judge 10 sick and unable to hold
court, or in case Of othor contingencies,
there msy bo complications as to the
selection Of the grand Jury. The act
which will remedy that state Of affairs
reads: 5. n .7' -
Section l. That whenever for any
CAUSE, such as the qgashing Of tho ar.
ray, or thero being no court at the fall
term, there has heretofore been. or
shall hereafter bo, q failure to draw
the names of six mombers OF any grand
jury for any county to servo on the
grand jury for that county for tho then
ensuing yoar, as required by law, there
shall be drawn, at tho pr0per timo for
drawing tho grand Jury, 18 names from
tho Jury box instead otNi2 d id the aaid;
18 PERSONS, whose names are SO drawn.
shall be summoned, and shall serve as
the grand jury for the ) ear in question:,
and shall be the lawful grand jury fol.
suoh county for that year, and until
their uocesao1a be drawn, summoned
and qualified according to law.
SEQ. 2. That when the judge, entitled
to preside, fails to attend and to hold
the fell or last term OF tho court Of
common pleaae and general sessions for
any county, the CLERK of the court shall
have tho right, and is required hereby.
to make the drawing from the outgoing
grand jury, that is to say, from tho
grand jury for the then current year Of
the names Of the six members who
shall servo as q part Of the grand jury
for tho then ensuing year, with the same
f0roe and eff6ot as IL the names Of the
said Blk grand jurors had been drawn in
tho presenoe of the presiding Judge On
The most important change in tho
jury system will be that brought about
by the measure introduced by Mr.. Croft
OF Aiken. 1t merely regulates the
method Of "striking" names from lists
prepared in trials in tho court OF com
mon pleas. This act, which was ap.
proved by the governor Feb 16, reads.
Section 1. That in the trial of all
actions at law in tho courts Of common
plcas, and Issues ordered to be framed
by the judge In equity oases In said
courts, it shall be the duty Of the clerk
to furnish the partios or their attorneys
With liat Of 20 Of the Jurors to be
drawn and aeleotea by ballot from tho
whole number OF Jurors who are in at.
tendance, the names Of said lists to be
numbered from to 20. and bo stricken
off by numbers in the same manner aa
the regular panels Of jurors in said
courts have been heretofore formed,
from which said list tho parties or
their att0rneysshall altcrnatively strike.
until there shall be but IL left, which
shall constitute tho jury to try the case
or Issue. In all cAscs the plaintiff
shall have tho fast strike; and in sll
civil oasos hereafter tried in the courts
OF common pleas Of this State any party
shalt have the right to demand panel
OF 70 competent and impartial Jurors
from which to strike jury. Whom tho
list aforesaid ia prepared by the clerk
and presented to the parties or their
attorneys, objections for cause must
90 made before striking; and IL any OBJ
jecti0ng are sustained the clerk mrst
fill up tho Hat before stricken. l
Boo. q. Should tho jury charged with
AM. .oase be delayed in rendering their
verdict, 90 that they could not be pres.
ont to be drawn from In making the
list TO form second Jury, then tho
clerk shall present to tho parties or
their attorneys q list containing tho
names OF, "a jurors to be drawn BY tho
clerk from the remaining jurors in the
same manner as provided in section !.
from which list The parties or their AZ.
torneyg ahall alternately strike al pro-
vidod, in seotion / OF this act, until IL
are left, which shall constitute the
jury. 4 .5i S. 5l1
seo. 8. In all caees of default, whore
u may bc,riecesssyy to have tho verdict
OF a jury, or ia the trial Of cascs when
tho parties or sheir attornoys shall
waive the right to strike Jury, tho
clerk shall under the direction Of tho
Judge, draw and atnpanol a Jury, who
shall pass upon suoh matter Ag may bo
a,nbmitted to them In default casos, or,
the trial Of auoh oasoS, whom tho parties
have waived the right TO strike the 1ujrY
% stated IN this section.
300. a Thie aot shall 10 into offoot
I and % !, PC g 5of toroo on the arat day Of Sop
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