The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-05-18
FIVE WAYS TO GET
OUT OF JURY DUTY

Daily ,l;sil.
Judge George Z. Prince is holding
court in Anderson this week, and this
being "hpmt Srou!cs l1. 0o';,-e
Prince. he made his !e2larNs 10 ;ne
grand ard nestE jUroYs TINS mora!..g
just q llsle move intimate a,.I d>I'-
mite perhaps, than he would have TO
jury ii another county.
Judge Prince charged the grand
iury in a well constructed forclole
address. an al 3lress which undoubtea-
" made better citizen of not only
the iurymen, but of every man who
heard him speak. He charged the
grand Jury at length upon the schools
Of the county, telling them that the
effect of the discipline IN the scnooi
DAYS of a boy, reflects directly upon
his attitude towards the law IN later
life. "The child" said Judge Prince,
s.who is undisciplined in his youth,
will never meekly submit to the laws
of the state. ] would rather a boy
Of mine learn obedience in a school
than absorb all the knowledge IN the
world. knowledge, without discipline
is a dangerous thing"
Following Judge Princes charge TO
the grand jury and their retirement to
consider the bills presented to them,
he directed the clerk of court to call
the petty jury. Following the cali
ing of the petty jury, Judge Prince
said: "This is the period at which l
receive the excuses of those petty
Jurors desiring to be excused, but be-
fore these are brought to me, l
want to address few remarks to the
jurymen. nouoa
aAmone the many excuses offered
TO get out of jury duty, it seems 10
me strange that no one every oIers
the one best excuse; / have never hao
this excuse Offered me. The excuse
is that the jurymen sought to be put
On the Jury. That sounds like an I'M
possibility, but / have often heard
man say that he wasn't gong TO Vote
for, because he hadn't been on
the Jury since he became clerk OF
court. That's an excuse that WILL get
you off all right.
"The next best excuse is that you
are not making a sacrifice to serve on
the iury. If you are not worth more
than $500 a day you'd draw as
iuryman, I don't want you any
man who can't make more than that
on his farm these days is not mt TO
mass upon the matters that wouio DC
submitted to him as a Juryman!l;;
MIjlness in YOUR family will also
excnse YOU. / don't need doctors
certificate. If you are really neeoeo
at YOUR home on account OF illness
tn = member of your family, or it is
highly desirable that you be at nome.
your affidavit will excuse you. II
YOUR affidavit is true, l want to eX-
cnse YOU. and if it is false, wouldn't
have ycs On the jury under any con-
ditions. A man who would swear
lie in order to get out OF jury auty'
is not fit to perform duty which calls
fr life and death declsl1a%
"Don't tell me about business: l
once had a man, who owned 1ouI
stores ask to be excused. He Salo
he wouldn't serve for S25.O0 day.
7 found that he had two partners VINO
could take care of his business. he
served. A man that has too mucn
business is always~liable to have
case of his own in court. l am not
ao:rg to excuse him for that alone.
Why should l excuse him and then
try his case with twelve good men, IN
stead of a couple of crumplyhorns;; -
"A man who is behind with ms
blowing and whose mule VIII s1ano
ale While ne is at court can be ex-
cused. III be glad to excuse him. It's
not 6 legal excuse, but It's gooo WIN
me Just at this time.
CHOW, you all know how l feei
about excusing you. Don't all speak
at once"