The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-12-08
900 MEN
FOR JURY DUTY
Jury Commissioners En-
gagged At Hard Task
SOBER, INTELLIGENT AND judi
CIOUS PERSONS ALONE DRAWN
TO SERVE-YOUR CHANCES TO
BE INCLUDED IN 800 LIST

We get lists from different town
ships of representative men, and
then select from those lists. We
select a certain number of names
from each township to fill out the
quota. When we put a mans name
in the jury wheel we make inquiries
as far as possible so as to get hon
orable men"
Such is the method of selecting a
list of 500 names to fill the jury
wheel and such are some of the pre-
cautions used to secure the services
of honorable and responsible men,
declared Jury Commissioner o. e.
Miller, Oregon, who with Jury Com
missioner w. II. Bullock, Dyberry,
and Clerk Bayliss Bullock, Dyberry,
is busily engaged in this annual ar
duous task.
Eyes, we get lots of requests to
get in the jury Wheel" pleasantly
answered Mr.. Miller, when seen
Wednesday afternoon by a Citizen
man in the grand jury room where
the process of selection is being
carried on.
1T takes us about three weeks as
rule" he said, ''to fill the jury
wheel. We usually send out for
lists from which we select the names.
The quota of each township depends
on the number of taxables residing
in the district. Texas is entitled to
76, Bethany to 2. That's the ex-
tremes. The borough of Honesdale
is entitled to 40, and so on"
"The names which were not drawn
in 1910 are replaced in the wheel
again. There are 1852 names left in
the wheel from last year"
There were five terms of Court
last year. For each term venire
is issued for 4S petit and "a grand
jurors. In addition there was a
special term of court last February,
when the celebrated Carl Howe case
was tried. For the special term, a
venire of 40 petit jurors was issued.
The name of no person who has serv-
ed on the jury within two years is
entitled to go into the jury wheel.
Additional information which will
be of interest to the taxpayers of
Wayne county, very few of whom are
averse to serving on the jury, was
CLEANED from Pepper and Lewis Di-
gest, Second Edition, Volume 2, as
follows:
Meetings of Jury Commissioners.
1t shall be the duty of said
Jury Commissioners, and presi-
dent judge to meet at the seat
of justice of the respective
counties at least 80 days before
the first term of the Court of
Common Pleas in every year,
and thereupon proceed, with
due diligence to select alternate
ly from the whole qualified cleo
tors of the respective county at
large, a number such as at the
next term of the Court of Com
mon Pleas next preceding shall
by the said Court be designated,
of sober, Intelligent and judici-
GUS persons, to serve as jurors
in the several courts of such
county during that year; and the
said Jury Commissioners, and
president judge, shall in the
mode and manner now directed
by law, place the names of per-
sons SO selected in the proper
jury wheel and the said jury
wheel, locked as now required
by law, shall remain in the Gus
tody of the said Jury Commits
sioners and the keys thereof in
the custody of the sheriff of said
county.
There are close on to 5000 voters
in Wayne county. The chances oi
Mr.. Citizens name being placed In
/ the jury wheel are one in twelve. II
| fortunate enough to be numbered
among the lucky 500, Mr.. Taxpay
er's chances of doing jury duty are
about three out of five.
! Good luck, brother!