1368 JURIES. [ART. 51

1888, art. 51, sec 15. 1860, art. 50, sec. 11. 1798, ch. 94.

15. The several courts of this State shall at all times have
power to direct talesmen to be summoned to serve on juries
where, without such talesmen, there would not be twenty of
the original panel, exclusive of the jury charged, from whom a
jury can be formed; or may direct such talesmen to be summoned
whenever, by challenging or otherwise, a sufficient number of
jurors cannot be had to try the case, either civil or criminal.

Ibid. sec. 16. 1860, art. 50, sec. 12. 1798, ch. 94.

16. If the parties or their counsel agree, the drawing of a,
panel of twenty jurors in any cause may be dispensed with.

Ibid. sec. 17. 1860, art. 50, sec. 13. 1802, ch. 69. 1809, ch. 138, secs. 13,14.

17. The provisions of the four preceding sections shall
apply to all criminal cases where the right of peremptory
challenge is not allowed, and the State's attorney for the county
or city or the attorney prosecuting for the State shall strike
for the State.
Hamlin v. State, 67 Md. 336.

Ibid. sec. 18. 1860, art. 50, sec. 14. 1789, ch. 22, sec. 5. 1809, ch. 138, sec. 15.

18. Any alien, denizen or foreigner who may be indicted
for any offense committed within this State shall be tried by a
jury of the county in the same manner as the citizens thereof,
and there shall be no challenge either to the array or the polls
for the want of foreigners on the panel or jury that may be
returned.

Ibid. sec. 19. 1860, art. 50, sec. 15 1816, ch. 45. 1841, ch. 162. 1872, ch. 40.

19. The right of peremptory challenge shall be allowed to
any person who shall be tried on presentment or indictment
for any crime or misdemeanor the punishment whereof by law
is death or confinement in the penitentiary, and to the State
on the trial of such indictment or presentment; but the accused
shall not challenge more than twenty, nor the State more than
four jurors, without assigning cause,

Turpin v. State, 55 Md. 464. Hamlin v. State, 67 Md. 336. Rogers v.
State, 89 Md. 425.

Ibid. sec. 20. 1860, art. 50, sec. 16. 1816, ch. 193, sec. 9. 1854, ch. 28.
1865, ch. 78. 1878, ch. 108. 1880, ch. 441. 1882, ch. 454. 1900, ch. 333.

20. Jurors shall receive two dollars and a half per day for
each and every day they shall attend the several courts of this