Case Name: MOSLANDER against HAYS and others
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1807-02
Citations: 2 N.J.L. 161
Docket Number: 
Parties: [118] [*] MOSLANDER against HAYS and others.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 148–149

Head Matter:
[118] [*] MOSLANDER against HAYS and others.
OH CERTIORARI.
Party craving a venire, not to procure its service.
In the progress of the cause below, the defendant had requested a jury; a venire had been issued, and the cause adjourned. On the next meeting, the cause was tried by the justice without a jury; the justice assigning as a reason, the defendant’s not having the venire served.
White, for plaintiff.

Opinion:
By the Court.-
— It is not the duty of the defendant to see to the service of the venire; it would be wrong even for him to meddle in it. The defendant before the justice, was by law entitled to a jury, being deprived of which, is an injury, and the doing of it error. Therefore, for this cause, the judgment must be reversed.