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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
be recovered in a summary way before any two or
more Justices of the Peace: Provided that as to any
penalties for neglect or refusal to attend or serve on
any such jury, the Judge or Judges before whom any
such special sitting shall be held shall have the same
power of enforcing such penalty as the Supreme
Court or any Judge thereof now hath in like cases
in the exercise of the ordinary criminal jurisdiction
of such Court: Provided, however, in such cases, the
juries shall consist of such number of jurors, not less
than five nor more than twelve, as the Judge or
Judges before whom any information is to be tried
shall in each case direct, and the verdict of every
such jury shall be an unanimous verdict :
And whereas, by an Order in Council bearing even
date herewith, a special sitting of the Supreme Court
has been appointed under the said Act to be held at
the Supreme Court House, at Wellington, at ten
of the clock in the forenoon, on the twenty-seventh
day of September instant, before Alexander James
Johnston, Esquire, a Judge of the Supreme Court:
And whereas it is expedient that, for the purposes
of the said special sitting of the Supreme Court, so
much of the twenty-first section of "The Jury Act,
1868," as provides that the Jury precept mentioned
in the said section shall be delivered to the Sheriff
or other person to whom the same is directed four-
teen days before the same is returnable, should be
suspended:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise of the powers vested in him by the said Act,
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of New Zealand, doth hereby declare that
such part of the twenty-first section of "The Jury
Act, 1868," as provides that the Jury precept
mentioned in the said section shall be delivered to
the Sheriff or other person to whom the same is
directed fourteen days before the same is returnable,
shall not apply to the trials to be held at the said
special sitting, but that the said precept shall be
issued to the Sheriff or other person to whom the
same is directed not less than seven days before the
same is returnable.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.
NZ Gazette 1869, No 54
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Rules for Jury Selection at Special Supreme Court Sittings
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⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement15 September 1869
Jury Act 1868, Special Sitting, Wellington, Supreme Court, Jury Precept, Suspension of rules
- Alexander James Johnston, Esquire, Judge of the Supreme Court
- FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council