No. XVIII.
| An Act further to amend the Jury Act. | [2nd |
| leave of such J u d g e in wr i t i ng cause t he mis take to be correc ted and the par ty to be thereafter summoned by his r igh t n a m e and descript ion | Provided |
October, 1854.]
| WH E R E A S the requi res fur ther a m e n d m e n t Be i t therefore enacted by H i s | Excel lency t h e Governor of N e w South Wales by and wi th t h e advice |
| and consent of t h e Legis la t ive Counci l thereof as follows :— |
| J u r y | Act | of | e leventh | Victoria | n u m b e r | twen ty |
| 1. I n every | precept | for | s u m m o n i n g | J u r o r s | to | a t t end | in | t he |
Supreme Cour t or in any Circui t Cour t it shall be lawful for t h e J u d g e issuing t h e same if he shal l t h i n k fit to requ i re t h e Sheriff to s u m m o n
| any n u m b e r | of J u r o r s no t be ing more t h a n four | t imes t h e | n u m b e r | to |
| be impanne l led | u p o n | any | one | t r ia l . |
| 2. I n correc t ing t h e J u r y Lis ts i t shal l be lawful for | t h e |
Jus t ices in P e t t y Sessions (if they shal l see fit) to designate the re in as an " E s q u i r e " any person who by courtesy is ordinar i ly so designated
| a l t hough no t in law ent i t led to t h a t | designat ion. |
| 3. The Sheriff on shewing to t h e satisfaction | of a J u d g e t h a t |
| t h e n a m e or descript ion of any J u r o r | has been | mis t aken | m a y by the |
Provided t h a t in every such case the re he no quest ion as to t h e
| ident i ty | in fact | of t h e J u r o r . |
| 4. The J u d g e s shall have power from | t ime t o t ime to | m a k e |
general rules t ouch ing t h e payment of t he fees now payable by law for J u r i e s and t h e refunding of such fees where t h e cause shall not be t r ied and such rules from t ime to t ime to al ter as the re may be occasion.
| 5. W h e n e v e r any fine shall be imposed | on any J u r o r for non- |
| a t t endance a t any Circui t Cour t a summons m a y for thwi th | (or a t any |
t ime af terwards) be issued under t h e h a n d of t h e pres id ing J u d g e cal l ing on the J u r o r to shew cause to t he Supreme Cour t on some day to be n a m e d why execut ion should not issue for such fine a n d the like proceedings as far as may be shall be t aken in every such case as may be now t a k e n after a schedule or r e t u r n of fines made up a n d filed as at p resen t Provided tha t to every such s u m m o n s a no t e sha l l he subjoined t h a t cause may shewn by affidavit sworn before a J u s t i c e of t h e Peace or Commissioner and t r ansmi t t ed by post to t h e P r o t h o - no ta ry .
| 6. The precepts for t he m a k i n g | out of the several J u r y Lis ts |
shall in fu ture be issued in the second week of the m o n t h of October and t h e lists be m a d e out in t h e second t h i r d and four th weeks of t he m o n t h of November and corrected in t he second week of t he m o n t h of December and a fair copy thereof required for t he Sheriff be t r ans mi t t ed to h im on or before t h e last day of December and the bailiffs of t h e Sheriff ac t ing in t he several J u r o r s ' Dis t r ic ts shall a t t end t h e Petty Sessions in the i r respective distr icts (on not ice in t h a t behalf from t h e Clerk of t he Bench) and the re afford to the Jus t i ces all such informat ion t ouch ing t h e names residences and business of t he persons men t ioned in t h e lists as it may be in the power of such bailiff's to afford.
| 7. The form of precept to the Chief Constable men t ioned in Schedule A of t h e J u r y A c t of e leventh | Victor ia | n u m b e r | twen ty |
| shall be a l tered | in accordance | wi th t he preceding enac tmen t a n d shall |
r equ i re h im to m a k e out a list of J u r o r s liable to serve only and no copy of such list need be affixed to any Cour t House or o ther door b u t on the pr inc ipa l door of every Cour t H o u s e and Police Office in his dis t r ic t t h e Chief Constable hav ing m a d e out any such list shal l affix a not ice on the last Sa turday in November in t h e form conta ined in t he Schedule here to .
| J U R Y | L I S T | F O R | 1 8 5 . |
| N O T I C E is hereby g i v e n t h a t I | have | caused | a | l i s t | to be | m a d e out | of persons | w i t h i n | the |
| Jurors ' | D i s t r i c t | for [place] | l iable | to serve | as J u r o r s | e i ther | Spec ia l | or | C o m m o n | d u r i n g | the |
| year 1 8 5 | and t h a t a copy of such l i s t l i e s for inspect ion in the Office of the Clerk of the |
| B e n c h | in | S tree t | in th i s | C i t y | (or T o w n ) | and that | t h e J u s t i c e s | in P e t t y | Ses |
| s ions wi l l on Tuesday | the | day of December n e x t at the P o l i c e Office in |
| S tree t proceed to e x a m i n e and correct the said | l ist | w h e n | all persons | h a v i n g | any | object ion |
| to offer | there to m a y a t t end | if t h e y sha l l | t h i n k | fit. |
| — | November | 1 8 5 | . | Chief | Constable . |
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