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THE HONGKong goverNMENT GAZETTE, 17т¤ SEPTEMBER, 1864.
Who qualified to serve as Jurors.
to be given to Sheriff-
the Law with Capital Punishment, then and in such case the Jury must be unanimous in their Verdict of Guilty, but if such Majority should find such Person guilty of a less Crime than the Capital one, then Sentence of Law shall follow the Verdict of the Majority.
IV. Every Male Person between the Ages of Twenty-one and Sixty Years, being of sound Mind, and not afflicted with Deafness, Blindness, or other Infirmity, who shall be a good and sufficient Person resident within the Colony, shall be qualified and liable to serve as a Juror: Provided, that no Member of the Colonial Councils, nor Person holding any Office or Situation of Emolument under the Crown, nor salaried Foreign Functionaries of Foreign Governments not carrying on business, nor any Barrister, Physician, Attorney, or Surgeon actually practising as such within the Colony, nor any Chemist or Druggist carrying on his business therein, nor any Clergyman or Dissenting Minister, nor any Officer employed in the Military or Naval Service of Her Majesty, nor any Person ignorant of the English Language, shall be, or be deemed liable to serve as, a Juror.
Names of Residents V. Every Person on demand by the Sheriff, or some Person duly authorized by on demand for the him, shall deliver in writing to the Sheriff or authorized Person as aforesaid, his purpose of forming Christian or other Names, and the Surname or Names at length, under Penalty of
his refusing or neglecting so to do of a Sum not exceeding One hundred Dollars.
Jury List.
Penalty how levied.
Disposal of Fines.
Sheriff to make out Jury List and transmit
the Councils to the
Approval or Altera- tion,
VI. Such Fine shall be imposed and levied at the discretion and under Order of the Supreme Court, on Complaint made by the Sheriff to the said Court in that behalf. VII. All Fines so levied shall be paid into the hands of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, and by him accounted for to the Colonial Treasurer.
VIII. The Sheriff shall make a List in Alphabetical Order of all Men who shall be Same to Registrar, who qualified to serve as Jurors, setting forth the Christian or other Names and Surnames shall forward the same of each at full length, together with his Place of Abode, and shall sign and transmit a Copy through the Clerk of of such List to the Registrar of the Supreme Court, who shall thereupon cause a Copy of Governor and Legis-such List to be posted for the Term of One Fortnight on or in some conspicuous Part of lative Council for the Court House, to the end that the Inhabitants of the Colony may, as the Case shall be, apply by Notice in writing to the Registrar, requiring that their Names may be respectively either added to or struck off from the said List, upon Cause duly assigned in such Notice; and the Registrar immediately after the Expiration of the Time for posting such List, shall forward the same, and such Notices as may be so served on him, to the Clerk of the Legislative Council, to the end that the Governor with the Advice of the Council (and he and they are hereby empowered so to do) may strike off or add such Name or Names from among those of the said Inhabitants as to the said Governor and Council may appear fit, and the said List when so approved of, or altered, shall be returned to the Registrar by the Clerk of the Council and called the "Jurors' List."
Jury List.
Penalty on Sheriff
IX. Every Jury List in force within the Colony shall contain the Surnames of all men who shall be qualified and liable to serve on Juries, together with the Christian or other Names by which such Persons are usually known, whether such Names shall have been delivered in writing in accordance with the provisions in Section Five, or have been inserted therein by the Sheriff, or by the Governor and Legislative Council.
X. If the Sheriff or other Minister, or Officer, shall wilfully insert or omit in the for neglect of Duty. List of Jurors the Name of any Man which ought not to be so inserted or omitted according to the List of Jurors so to be made out as aforesaid, or shall fail to sign and transmit a correct Copy of such List to the Registrar as hereinbefore directed, or shall otherwise fail well and truly to do and perform all and every the Acts, Matters and Things, hereby required to be by him performed, such Sheriff or other Minister, or Officer, shall be fined at the discretion of the Court.
Jury List to be in use for One Year.
Manner of forming Panel.
XI. On or before the First Day of February in each Year, the Sheriff shall make out and transmit a fresh Jury List, in Manner and Form as hereinbefore directed; and such fresh Jury List, when so transmitted, and approved of or altered as aforesaid, shall be brought into use the First Day of March then next following, and shall continue to be used for One Year.
XII. When the Jury List shall be completed and returned to the Registrar, he shall cause the Names therein to be written on separate Cards and placed in a Ballot Box to be kept for that purpose, and whenever it shall be requisite to summon a Jury,