The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-24
CAN'T BE PUT BACK
JURY LIST MUST STAY AS 1T is
FOR TWO YEARS.
PROVIDES
LAW
THIS.
OTHER JURY COMMISSIONS HAVE
STRICKEN NAMES.

Long List of Citizens Who Were
Left on by Commissions in 1897,
1899 and 19O1-Friends of Mem
bers of Present Jury Commission
Say That They Have Only Done
What other Commissions Have
Done and Have Acted in strict Ac-
cord With the Law-WOrk Done
Every Two Years.
1t appears now that the Superior
Court grand jury list, as made up by
the jury commission, cannot be inter
fered with before August, 1905. In this
event, none of those who were dropped
from the former grand jury list will be
put back for at least two years.
The law specifies that the work must
be done in August bienally, and that
nothing more can be done for two
years. The statute under which the
| jury commission works provides that it
make up it's list from the tax digest,
and no reference is made to adding to
or taking from the previous list.
One member of the bar said that if
any of the names left off the list should
! be put back and an indictment should
| be returned against any of his clients
by a jury upon which such a citizen
was serving, he would test the legali-
| ty of the Indictment with the almost
certain knowledge that the courts
would hold that legally it would be
| faulty.
Friends of members of the jury COM
| T11iS Tint ie Ixry1 ba
! first time that names have been taken
off the jury list and that there is no
real occasion for anybody to get exer-
cised because persons who served dur
ing the last two years, dating from
! August, are not going to serve for the
next two. They say that the names of
| prominent citizens have been taken
from the jury box on other occasions
without creating a sensation, and in
wife attention to the court records.
Al Taken OF in 1897.
In August, 1897, forty-seven names
were taken off the jury list, as follows:
Joshua c. Bruyn. Dewitt C. Bacon,
| CarVille H. Carson, Jacob S. Collins,
| Solomon Cohen, George l.. Cope, Harry
| w. CoWan. John f. Crohan, Thomas
M. Cunningham, Richard j. Davant,
A. McC. Duncan. Ralph Elliott, Chas.
S. Ellis, Isaac Epstein, Alexander r.
| Fawcett, George c. Freeman, William
w. Gordon, James e. Grady, Paul 7.
| Haskell, John NJ. Harden, Moses ".
Henderson, Samuel Herman, Simon
HeXter John w. Hunt, James H. Hun
ter, c.. Lucien Jones, Mitchell King,
Solomon Krouskoff. Francis S. La
throp, M. Y. MacIntyre, William J..
Marshall, Chas. L. Montague, Samuel
Meinhard, Francis 1. Mccall, Edward
McIntire, William w. Rogers, William
L. Schirm, John Schley, Thomas F.
| Elton A. Smith, Henry NJ. C. Smith,
Claud B. Stillwell. Joseph C. Thomp-
son. Lewis T. Turner. John D. Weld.
Al Stricken on in 1899.
In August, 1899, the following forty
one names were stricken: George l..
Appleton, Albert L. Bacon, Thomas
E. Besselieu, Henry Blum, Hamilton
M. Branch, Robert F. Burdell, John
H. Cavanaugh, Joseph Clay, Hugh M.
| Conner, J. w. Conner, James A. Crisp,
Philip d. Daffin, Thomas Daniels,
Charles H. Dixon, Bernard Dub,
John Flannery, George G. Goebel,
Samuel P. Hamilton, Theodore D.
| Kline, Robert H. Lewis John Lynch,
Robert L. Mercer, Benjamin B. Minor,
Richard d. Munford. Daniel c. New
ton, Frank B. Papy, Jacob Paulsen,
Eben B. Peek, Daniel G. Purse John
D. Robinson, John Schwartz, Thomas
Screven, James S. Silva, William D.
Simkns, John Sullivan Gnsurance);
]. Firman Sweat. George A. White
| head, w. K. Wilkinson, William J.
VIM, John B. Withers, Thomas S.
Wylly.
so Cut Out Two Years Ago.
In August 1901 the following fifty
| names were stricken by the jury COM
mission: George w. Allen, Randolph
| Bent Henry G.. Black, Thomas T.
| Chapean, John H. Estill, Joseph E.
! Fulton, Isaac G.. Hass, Thomas Halli-
! gan, Andrew Hanley. Richard F. Har-
mon, Lewis w. Haskell, John Hender-
! son, Charles r. Heron, Joseph Hull
William P. Hunter, Joseph w. Jack
son, William Kehoe, Edward J. Ken
nedy, Walter S. King, John F. LaFar,
! George w. Lamar, Richard D. Latti-
more, Malcolm Maclean, A. B. Moore,
| H. c. Morgan, Herman Myers, ]. H. H.
Osborne, Henry w. Palmer, George W.
Parrish Charles F. Prendegast, Peter
Rabey, John Reilly, Peter Reilly,
Charley Richardson, George NJ. D.
| Riley, Pleasant A. Stovall, Thomas N.
Theus Thomas F. Thompson, Irwin
| b. Tiedeman, George S. Van Horn,
Abram Vetsburg, Joseph L. Walthour,
| Henry G.. Ward, Joseph D. Weed,
| Alonza NJ. West, Charles w. West.
Joseph ]. Wilder, George G.. Wilson.
| Since these dates some of the citizens
named have died, others have left the
! city, and quite a number have been put
back on the list. It is interesting to
know that Mr. J. S. Collins, a mem
Der of the present jury commission,
was stricken from the list in 1897.
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