The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-02-28
TWO IMb Avs.
Interesting Changes That Re'ate TO
Juries,

The Legislature passed three I'M
portant measures relating to the
Jury system of the State. Cne OF
these was MIR. Dominick's bill to vail
date all juries for the spring term CT
court whether drawn regularly or
irregularly.
Another was that introduced by
Senator Applet to further regulate the
drawing OF grand jurors, etc. The
law now requires six members OF the
grand jury to be drawn at the fall
term OF court to serve for the ensuing
year. In case a judge is sick and un-
able to hold court. or in case Of other
contingencies, there may be compii'a-
tions as to the selection of the grand
jury. The act which will remedy that
state Of affairs reads:
Section /. That whenever for any
cause. such as the quashing OF the a.
raw. or there being no court at the fall
term, there has heretofore been. or
shall hereafter be. a failure TO ara"
the names OF six members OF any
county to serve on the grand jury Tor
that county for the then ensuing year.
as required by law, there shall be
drawn, at the proper time for drawing
the grand jury, IS names from the
iur. box instead of u; and the said
IS persons, whose names are so
drawn. shall be summoned, and shall
serve as the grand jury for the year
in question. and shall be the lawful
grand jury for such county for lhat
year, and until their successors DE
drawn. summoned and qualified ac-
cording to law.
Sec. .. That when the judge. en-
tit.ed to preside. fails to attend and
10 hold the fall or last term OF the
court Of common pleas and general
sessions for any county. the clerk OF
the court shall have the tight. and IS
required hereby. to make the drawing
from the outsoing grand jury. thai IS
10 saw. from the grand jury for the
then current year. of the names OF the
civ members WHO hall serve as part
Of the grand jury tor the then ensuing
year. with The same force and eftec'
iurors had been drawn in the presence
az if the names OF the said six grand
Jurors had bean drawn in the presence
of the presiding Judge.
The most important change IN the
Jury system will be that brought
about by the measure introduce by
Mr.. Croft of Aiken. 1t mercy regu-
lates the method of striking names
from lists prepared in trials IN the
court of common pleas. AIS act,
which was approved by the governor
February Is, reads:
Section l. That in the trial OF all ac-
tions at law in the courts of common
Meas, and issues ordered to be framed
by the Judge in equity cases IN sala
courts il shall be the duty OF the
clerk to furnish the parties or their
attorneys with list OF 20 on the
Jurors to be drawn and selected Dy
ballot from the whole number OF jur-
ors who are in attendance, the names
Of said lists to be numbered from l to
% and be stricken off by numbers in
the same manner as the regular pan
els of jurors in said courts have been
heretofore formed, from which SAID
list the parties or their attorneys shall
alternasiyely strike, until there shal!
he but 12 left, whc-- shall constitute
the jury to try the case or issue. IN
all cases the plaintiff shall have the
first strike: and in al civil cases mere
e,or tried in the courts o. Of common
Meas of this State any party snail
have the right to demand a panel ol
90 competent and impartial Jurors
from which TO strike jury. " men
+be Ist aforesaid is prepared by the
clerk and presented to the parties or
their attorneys, objections for cause
must be made before striking; anu II
any objections are sustained the clerl
must fill up the list before stricken
Sec. 2. Should the jury chargeo
with any case be delayed in rendering
their verdict, so that they could Lot
no ~ nresent to be drawn from in m'K-
inc IN the list to form a second fGry'
then the clerk shall present to the par
.;es ~ or their attorneys list coEtaln-
ing the names OF "a jurors - De
Trawn by the clerk from the remain
-. 4, the same manner IS pro-