2666 INDEX TO THE

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JURORS AND JURY.

The inhabitants of Maryland entitled to the common law of England,

and the trial by jury according to the course of that law — Decl. of

Rights, art. 3.

In criminal prosecutions every man hath a right to a speedy trial by

an impartial jury, without whose unanimous voice he ought not to

be found guilty — Decl. of Rights, art. 19.

No free man ought to be taken or imprisoned, or dis-seized of his free-

hold, liberties or privileges, or outlawed or exiled, or in any man-

ner destroyed, or deprived of his life, liberty or property, but by

the judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land — Decl. of

Rights, art. 21.

Twenty days notice to be given by the sheriffs in summoning jurors to

the general court, and ten days to the county courts — 1715, ch. 37,

sec. 1, 2, ...........

19

Sheriffs making default may be fined by the general court one thousand

pounds of tobacco, and by the county court five hundred pounds

of tobacco— 1715, ch. 37, sec. 1, 2, .

19

Delegates, coroners, schoolmasters, overseers of high-ways and con-

stables, during their continuance in office, exempted from attendance

as jurors — 1715, ch. 37, sec. 4, .......

20

Persons interested as therein mentioned not to serve as jurors — 1715,

ch. 37, sec. 9, ..........

20

No verdict of a jury shall be set aside, nor judgment on any verdict

staid, arrested or reversed, by reason that any juror who tried the

cause had a matter of fact depending during the court — Oct. 1778,

ch. 21, sec. 2, .... .....

141

The having such matter of fact for trial to be a good cause for chal-

lenge— Oct. 1778, ch. 21, sec. 3, .

141

Jurors neglecting to appear when summoned, without sufficient excuse,

may be fined £35 by the general court, and £20 by the county

courts — April, 1782, ch. 40, . .....

179

No person to be summoned or returned as a juror under the age of

twenty-five years — 1797, ch. 87, sec. 5, .....

350

Justices of the peace not to be exempted — 1797, ch. 87, sec. 6, .

350

The deputy sheriffs not to summon any jurors unless directed by the

sheriffs— 1797, ch. 87, sec. 7, .......

350

Sheriffs and coroners directed to take the oath therein prescribed re-

specting jurors, and to return a certificate thereof— 1797. ch. 87,

see. 2, 4, p. 349; 1838, ch. 275, p. 1291 ; 1839, ch. 223, .

2330

No person to be summoned as a juror to two general or county courts

successively — 1797, ch. 87, sec. 3, ......

349

The sheriffs to return to the county courts a panel of forty-eight

jurors, out of which twenty-three are to be drawn by ballot to serve

as grand jurors during the term — 1797, ch. 87, sec. 8, .

350

The persons remaining to serve as petit jurors — 1797, ch. 87, sec. 8, .

350