The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-02-14
THE JURY Law.


both houses Of the General Assembly
aud has been ratihe1 aud signed 10y the
Governor. We give the main features
of ths law in a Condensed form:
"a bill relating to the selection, draw
ing and summouing Of jurors in tire
Circuit Courts Of this State. Be it
enac. d by tue Ge leral Assemoy uf
the State Of South Carolina:
The county auditor. county treaSur
ami c'erk Of The Court of Com u.,n
Pleas Of each c)u .ty shall immCd civ
after the passage of this Act aud there
after, in the month Of December of this
and each succeeding year, prepare list
Of such qualified electors, under the pro :
visions Of the Constitution, between tn e
ages of 81 and 65 years and of good
moral character, which list shall include
not less than one from every three such
qualified electors under the provisions
of the Constitution, to be selected with
out regard to whether such persons live
within Eve miles or more than FIVE miles
from the Court House. .
That of the list so prepared the county
auditor, county treasurer and clerk of
the Court Of Common Pleas shall cause
the names to be written, each one on a
separate paper or ballot, so as to resem-
BILE each other as much as possible and
so folded that the name written thereon
shall not be visible on the outside, and
shall place them, with the said list, in a
strong and substantial box, to bs known
as the Jury bsx," to be furnished to
them by the county supervisor of their
county for that purpose, and it shall be
the duty Of the clerk of the court to
keep said jury box in his custody. The
said jury box shall be kept securely
locked with three separate and strong
locke, the key to one of said three locks
shall be kept by the county auditor an
other by the county treasurer and The
third by the clerk Of the Court of Com
mon Pleas, no two Of them shall keep a
similar key or similar keys to the same
lock, all three Of them must be present
together in order to lock or unlock the
said jury box. They shall place in the
box known as "the tales box" the names
of not less than one hundred nor m ore
than four hundred persons. whsse names
appear on said list as reside within five
miles of the Court House, from which
tales box shall be drawn jurors to supply
deficiencies arising from any cause or
emergency during the sitting Of the
court.
Not less than ten nor more than twen-
ty days before any regular or special
term of the Court of General Sessions
for the present year tho county auditor,
the county treasurer and the clerk of the
Court Of Common Pleas of each of the
counties in this State shall draw from
the said jury box eighteen names of per-
sons who shall constitute the grand jury
for the present year. Not less than ten
nor more than twenty days before the
first term of the Court of General Ses-
sions for each year after the present
year, the county auditor, the county
treasurer and the clerk of the Court Of
Common Pleas of each Of said counties
shall in like manner draw from the said
Jury box twelve ballots containing the
names of twelve persons drawn by lot
las provided by law from the grand jury
tute the grand jury for that year.
Not less than ten nor more than
twenty days before the first day of each
week of any regular or special term of
the Circuit Courts the auditor, treasurer
Pleaa shall proceed in like manner to
draw thirty.six petit jurors, to serve for
such week only: Provided, that when
ever jury shall be charged with case,
such jury shall not be discharged by rea-
son of anything in this section contained
until verdict shall be found or mis-
trial ordered in such case.
That the said drawing shall be made
openly and publicly in the Office of the
clerk of the Court Of Common Pleas,
the county auditor, the county treasurer
and the clerk Of the Court of Common
Pleas shall give ten days. notice of each
Of said drawings by posting in con-
spicuous place on the Court House door,
or by advertisement in county news
paper, a notice Of the place, day and
hour Of such drawing: Provided, that
in case any term of court is to be held
within less than twenty days after the
approval of this Act, such jurors may,
neverthe less, be drawh without such
notice
Nothing contained in this Act shall
prevent the clerk of Court of Common
Pleas from issuing venires for additional
jurors in term time upon the order of
the court, whenever it is necessary for
the convenient dispatch of its business,
in which venires shall he served and re-
turned, and jurors required to attend on
such days as the court shall direct.
That not more than thrty-sx persons,
to serve as petit jurors, shall be drawn
aud summoned 10 attend AT one and the
same time at any court, unless the court
shall SO order
That the jurors drawn and summoned
under the provisions Of this Act must
have the qualifications that are now or
may hereafter be prescribed by law.
That when at any time it shall he
determined by tbe1esident Cir nit Judge
of any circuit upon complaint made to
him, that an iIregulsIi:y has occurred
in tie drawing Of inries for any Circull