The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-21

sons wonder how the talesmen from
whom juries are selected, were chosen.
IL Is to u body known as county
jury commissioners, who select from
the lists Of personal taxpayers 300
names at a time, that this honor
may be due, should yours be among
ing jury service. The county com
mission Is composed of three men and
these three men call occasionally on
county assessor Spears and from his
records choose names scattered over
the county in proportion to the num-
Der of population each community rep
resents.
If your name is on the county per-
sonal a rolls and If you are eligible
for jury service, your chances of be-
ing drawn for jury duty in any given
wear is not greater than one in eight
perhaps not greater than n in ten.
There are on the rolls of Carter county
approximately 5000 names. OF course
not every personal taxpayer is eligible
for Jury service. Women do not sit en-
juries in this state nor do negroes,
though perhaps mn are now eli.
gible. However, tax rolls and the per
cent Of ineligible persons and negroes
is not great.
Late in September there were 800
persons drawn for jury service for
the district court. The number varies
from time to time. IT is at the discre-
ton of one of the district judges.
Before January !, OF ZACH year a
Judge Of the district court appoints n
body known as the county jury COM
missioners composed of three members.
These three men with the aid Of the
county assessor or one of his depu.
ties, attack the problem of providing
juries for the district court and for the
county court for the new year.
How Selections are Made
With a definite number in mind,
such number being decided upon by
the Judge, the three commissioners go
to the tax rolls.
The names are copied off the tax
rolls starting at a place where last
years venire ended. They are one by
one typewriter on small slips Of pa
per folded with the names inside, ana
fastened with. a clip. They are then
placed in a ballot box and locked with
q double lock having different keys.
One key is kept in the office Of the
county clerk and the other is given to
the sheriff.
Names Are Drawn
When one of the judges Of the
district court decides that he needs
a certain number Of jurors the court
clerk or his deputy and the sheriff 20
to the box. Placing ii where neither
can see into It. the required number
of names are drawn. copied and tho
slips destroyed.
Therefore the only way that any
Individual can be asked TO serve
twice in one year Is when he happens
TO be drawn on a special venire as n
talesman to fill out n jury panel after
il is discovered that the number chos-
en- in the first place is not sufficient.
In this case the sheriff is given power
TO so to the highways. byways and
corners OF the city and gather men
to fill up the depleted ranks.
Those Who Are Barred
Just before the box is TO be rcfilled
all the ones remaining from the pc.
riod just passed are taken out, record
ed and the slips destroyed. Those
names are TO be checked off the tar
! list for use again. The name proceed
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Of either county or district court at
least 200 names must be selected each
time names are taken from the tax
rolls.
Finally. II Is not every man who Is
eligible TO sit on a jury. First he must
have, of course, the qualifications OF
an elector. He must be OF sound mind,
discretion and morals, lie must not
be n justice OF the supreme court or
a Judge In any OF our lower courts.
Sheriffs. deputy sheriffs. c%onstablcs,
jailers, licensed attorneys. %drunkards.
men who are afflicted with u serious
disability are not allowed to sit or a
jury. II "A man has committed an In
famous crime or has been sentenced
to serve a term in the pcnitentiary for
a felony he can never sit ON q jury.
Trading Jurors
Further. exemptions can be claimcd
by u man selected II he Is more than
80 years old. IL hc Is II county ar
district officer, physician or under
taker. pharmacist or teacher, postal
employe. member or the national Guard
or fireman In good standing.
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