Jury Laws Act 1854 No 18a (NSW)

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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 .

S C H E D U L E .
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.
Saturday A. B .
November 1 8 5 . Chief Constable .

No. X I X .

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