JURIES 2213
selected, respectively, reside; and it shall be the duty of the judges of the
circuit court for Carroll County, when selecting the panel of two hundred
persons, as provided for in the preceding sections of this article, to select
sixteen of said names from the First Election District, sixteen from the
Second Election District, twelve from the Third Election District, nine-
teen from the Fourth Election District, fourteen from the Fifth Election
District, twenty-two from the Sixth Election District, thirty-six from the
Seventh Election District, thirteen from the Eighth Election District, eight
from the Ninth Election District, eight from the Tenth Election District,
twelve from the Eleventh Election District, eight from the Twelfth Election
District, seven from the Thirteenth Election District and nine from the
Fourteenth Election District; and there shall then be drawn in the manner
hereinbefore provided for the other counties, four names from compartment
No. 1, four from No. 2, three from No. 3, four from No. 4, three from
No. 5, five from No. 6, nine from No. Y, three from No. 8, two from No. 9,
two from No. 10, three from No. 11, two from No. 12, two from No. 13
and two from No. 14; provided, that in drawing the jurors for the February
term of the circuit court for said county, the twenty-five names required
shall be taken from those remaining in the box after drawing for the pre-
ceding November term, two to be drawn from compartment No. 1, two
from No. 2, two from No. 3, two from No. 4, one from No. 5, three from
No. 6, four from No. 7, two from No. 8, one from No. 9, one from No. 10,
two from No. 11, one from No. 12, one from No. 13 and one from No. 14;
if from any cause the number of names remaining in said compartments
after the drawing for the November term of said courts, be less than one
hundred in the aggregate, then in that event the judge or judges of said
court shall, before the drawing for the February term of said court, place
in said compartments in proper proportion a sufficient number of names as
aforesaid to make the aggregate number one hundred.
And the said names so drawn in Baltimore, Frederick, Montgomery and
Carroll Counties shall be recorded as hereinbefore directed for the other
counties, and thereupon the said judges shall forthwith order a venire
facias, directed to the sheriff of said counties, respectively, commanding
them to summon as jurors to attend at the next ensuing term of said courts
the several persons whose names may be drawn as aforesaid; if any such
persons whose names are so drawn and embraced in said venire facias
should be dead, sick or otherwise unable to attend, or should be absent and
therefore not be found, it shall be the duty of said sheriff forthwith to return
the fact of said death, disability or absence, and said judges shall thereupon
cause to be drawn from said box in the manner hereinbefore directed other
names in the place and stead of the original who may be dead, disabled or
absent, and shall cause the name or names of such person or persons so as
last aforesaid drawn to be inserted in said venire facias to be summoned
as aforesaid, and it shall be the duty of the sheriff to summon the persons
named in said venire facias and make return thereof to the said court at
the opening of its session. This section shall not apply to Prince George's
County, nor to Dorchester, Wicomico, Anne Arundel, St. Mary's, Caroline,
Somerset, Worcester, Garrett, Allegany, Queen Anne's, Talbot or other
counties, as to which special provision is made by the local law therefor.
A discrepancy in middle name of juror as drawn from box and as sworn on panel,
there being no mistake as to identity of the person, is no ground for an arrest of
judgment. Munshower v. State, 56 Md. 516.
The fact that one of the forty-eight jurors drawn was a non-resident, held not to
affect indictment, the non-resident not being on grand jury. State v. Glascow, 59
Md. 211.
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