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drawn; and the said court shall have full power and authority
to coeFrce the attendance of jurors drawn and summoned under
this article and to punish by fine or imprisonment or both for
any default or contempt committed in disregarding such
summons.

Green v. State, 59 Md. 127. Avirett v. State, 76 Md. 537. Horner v.
Plumley, 97 Md. 281.

1888, art. 51, sec. 12. 1867, ch. 329, sec. 7.

12. Before the drawing of any new panel of jurors from the
tax lists and poll books as provided in sections 7 and 8, it shall
be the duty of the said courts to have the box in which the
names of jurors have been deposited emptied of any and all
the ballots therein remaining.

Boyd v. Wolff, 88 Md. 342.

Ibid. sec. 13. 1860, art. 50, sec. 9. 1797, ch. 87, sec. 9.

13. In all civil cases called for trial in any court in which a
jury shall be necessary, according to the constitution and laws
of this State, twenty persons from the panel of petit jurors
shall be drawn by ballot by the clerk under the direction of the
court, and the names of the twenty persons shall be written
upon two lists, and one of said lists forthwith delivered to the
respective parties or their counsel in the cause; and the said
parties or their counsel may each strike out four persons from
the said lists and the remaining twelve persons shall thereupon
be immediately empanelled and sworn as the petit jury in such
cause.

Lee v. Peter, 6 G. & J. 447. Edelen v. G-ough, 8 Gill, 90. Hamlin v.
State, 67 Md. 336.

Ibid sec. 14. 1860, art. 50, sec 10 1797, ch 87, sec. 9

14. If the said parties or their counsel, or either of them,
shall neglect or refuse to strike out from the said lists the
number of persons directed in the preceding section, the court
may direct the clerk to strike out from the list of the party so
neglecting or refusing the number in said section directed, and
the remaining twelve persons shall be empanelled and sworn
as aforesaid; but this and the preceding section shall not take
away the right of any person to challenge the array or polls of
any panel returned in the manner allowed by the laws of this
State.

Hamlin v. State, 67 Md. 336