1: ZIL ILS DE 15d, 12, sote mona, i the jury find the intent laid in the
maasmes, as well as another, the indict.
men we de supported, ib. DE 30 the amant daad be the main intent, 13,
Dismena iz ASSERİs, with intent to prevent a law-
IL EINERSEIL, sust appear that the offender Jual SIK DODCEDIR of the purpose for which he
* Ewenenden, is, sote v=mer er en 2 dagary, 38, rote ; 40, note
DIE BESSEs a bossebreaking, 40, note DE DEİTLE, ETETE I, a forgery, 216, note ŽLJITS S SED in larvedy, 339, note
E FIE STRE uudi a anist, id. 1 lide, BEDE, FHoci poblication, sufficient to com-
DUSE I INDEMZEDA, 304, noie I de greu 2.5 bar, though not to kill, may be
Deas Focre of murder, 393, note mahos suns ia cases of homicide, until rebutted
woLosada, 327, wie INDRETATION & Bersal stiutes, rule for, 532 LEGION SID perbes, &c. 269
HUS.NE *Sess, as breasing any altar or crucifix,
persiene pescament for three months, 261 De Dereix accageadas, ib. essence of pain aying the common prayer,
the Seek of Mary, 262, rote ècerteng diketag congregations, 264 JOIN-EAS: prat , box laid in indictment, 252 ITDGNENT: 2nd treasca, a to romen, 245
alteration of, 946 JURISDICTION: 1. Justices of ASSIZE, Over and TERMINER, and GAOL
DELITERY, who shail be justices of nisi prius, 264
the writ of nisi prius, 265 commission of nisi prius, a consequence of
commission of assize, ib., note
commission of assize, what, ib. who shall be justices of assize, and gaol delivery, 267
commission of general gaol delivery, how
directed, ib., note commission of oyer and terminer, how directed, 268, note
JURISDICTION (continued):
justices of assize, oyer and terminer, and gaol delivery,
to take certain oaths, 268 justices of assize to have commissions sufficient to
inquire of maintainers, common embracers, &c. 269 justices of assize and gaol delivery to hold their sessions
in the principal towns, 269 chief justice of C. B. to be assigned amongst others to
take assizes and deliver goods, ib. justices of nisi prius shall give judgment in all treasons,
felonies, and misdemeanors, 270 judges empowered to act as judges of gaol delivery, in
their own counties, 273 justices of assize may try offences relating to the king's
stores, 113 justices of oyer and terminer and assize may determine
all forgeries, 210 2. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE:
good men and lawful, &c. shall be assigned to keep the
who shall be justices of the peace, and what authority they shall have, 274 when the conservators of the peace first acquired
the name of justices, ib., note quo, whether they may not try prisoners for clipa
ping coin, 275 power of Court of Chancery, as to justices, 276, note justices of a liberty or corporation may commit offenders
to the house of correction of the county 276 justices may act for two adjoining counties, 277 how far justices of counties may act, as such, within
any city being a county of itself, 278 justices acting in any place not being a county, may
commit offenders to the gaol of the county, ib. justices may bind over witnesses by recognizance, to
give evidence at the sessions of oyer and terminer,
279 justices acting for any county at large may act as such
in places, having exclusive jurisdiction, within or
adjoining such county, 280 Time of holding Quarter Sessions : at what time justices of the peace shall hold their quarter
sessions, 280 when Michaelmas quarter sessions shall be held in
counties in England, 281 JURY, 282
no indictor shall be on inquests of felonies, &c., who is
chargeable with such crimes, indictor means one of the grand jury, 282, note of the grand jury, ib. exceptions to grand juryman allowed after plea of not
guilty, ib.
JURY (continued):
of the effect of the repealed stat. 11 Hen. 4, c. 9, ib. of preferring a bill before the grand jusy, 283, note of the evidence relating to it, ib. no capture without indictment and adjudication, 283 any person worth 401., may be on jury for trials of felo-
nies in corporate towns, ib. saving of knights and esquires, 284 of the keeping of juries in Wales before verdict, ib. jurors in Wales, perjuring or otherwise misdemeaning
themselves, liable to imprisonment or fine, ib. qualifications for serving on jurors in England, 285
in Wales, 286 Exemptions :
aliens, convicts, and outlaws, disqualified, 287 Of issuing the Warrants, fc. churchwardens, &c. to make alphabetical lists of qualified
persons, lists to be fixed to church-doors and kept by churchwar-
dens for inspection, 288 when the lists are to be altered, clerk of the peace to insert the lists in the“ jurors' book
for the year," form of writ of venire facias and precept to sheriff, sheriff, coroner, &c. to return names from jurors' book for
the current year, 289 in criminal matters, Court of King's Bench, &c. have power
to issue or order, orally or otherwise, for return of juries as previously; jurors to be taken from
the county, not the hundreds in criminal and civil matters, the judges of assize, &c.
may direct, 144 jurors (to be divided into two sets) to serve indiscrimi.
nately for a stated time sheriff to specify to juror bis set or list, and time of
attendance, 290
to impanel the names alphabetically
and to draw juries from respective lists in cases of views, trial to proceed during attendance of
the viewers of summoning jurors for a view viewers to be sworn first on jury at the trial of the issue,
291 common juries to be summoned ten days before time of
atttendance special juries, three days, juries in London and Middlesex as before want of qualification, good cause of challenge not so want of freehold, where juror otherwise qualified clause not to extend to special jurors no challenge for want of a knight's being returned in
panel, 292
JURY (continued):
the king to challenge for cause; cause to be specified in murder or felony, prisoner may challenge not more
than twenty peremptorily court of king's bench, &c. may order special jury to be
struck (in all cases except for treason or felony)
before proper officer, upon motion of either party, &c. qualifications of special jurors, list of those qualified, called the “special,” jurors' list to be subjoined to jurors' book, 293 list to be arithmetically numbered, &c. method of striking special juries costs and fees, 294 any juror making default (without reasonable excuse) to
be fined any viewer making default to be fined 101., or more, 295 fine on sheriff for wrong return
on clerk of assize, &c. for false record of appearance, &c. sheriff to register in jurors' book names of those who
have served, and to give certificates, on payment of one shilling, saving in case of grand and special
jurors likewise to register names of those who have served on
grand or petty juires at sessions, from the list made by the clerk of the peace, and to give certificates and payment of 1s. after what time juror may be again summoned
to serve at assizes or sessions, serving of grand jurors at assize or great ses-
sions and special jurors, sheriff for money excusing attendance, or not
giving notice in due time, and bailiff sum- moning those not named in the warrant, to
be fined, 297 other penalties of juries for trial of aliens, when justice of peace exempt, 298 when inhabitants of Westminster exempt, saving in case of juries for a liberty, corporate
town, &c. qualifications and exemptions in London, persons not qualified to serve in civil causes,
not to serve on trials for capital offences-
challenge court of nisi prius in London may fine, qualifications to serve on inquests, the same as
on trials at nisi prius, saving the right of coroner, in virtue of his
office, and others, sheriff, coroners, and commissioners, may fine
jurors for non-attendance,
JURY (continued):
of recoveriog fines, of pleading the general issue for things done in
pursuance of the act--double costs of the
venue, &c. writs of attaint, &c. abolished, of proceedings against, and punishment of em.
bracers and corrupt jurors, 300
see tit. “ Embracery." Act of 6 Geo. 4, c. 50, not to affect the power of judges, practice, &c. left unrepealed,
Forms- warrant for returning lists of jurors, precept for returning lists of jurors, 301
form of return, 302 General note.- of the freehold required in the qualifications,
302, note an M.P. exempt during session, want of qualification vitiates the verdict, not so, an excess in the number of jurors, explanation of sect. 13, 303, note of the parol award of the judge, at goal deliveries
justices of the peace in cases of
felony of the venire returnable immediately
in removals by certiorari explanation of sect. 20, 303, note of awarding a tales de circumstantibus of the same under the repealed stats. of amending and enlarging the panel of the warrants explanation of sect. 25, 304, note of the time of a summons of the sheriff's return rules in case of a view view, not granted by judges at assize
ground of removal by certiorari explanation of sections 27, 28, 29 of challenges
1. Peremptory challenges by prisoner
only on indictments for crimes number, at common law, 35 under statutes for treason, 35
for murder and felony, 20 beyond legal number, void II. Challenges for cause; either by the crown
or the prisoner, 304, note 1. To the array for want of indifference, &c., in
sheriff not in person returned to serve principal, as for partiality for favour, as on account of re-
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