Summons to Furer,
Sec. 9.
In case Jury can-
dict.
sisting of the full number of six Jurors; or it shall be lawful for the Court to cause a new Jury to be impanelled, sworn, and charged with any prisoner; and the action, indictment, or information shall be tried as if such first Jury had not been impanelled.
XIX. And be it further enacted and ordained, That when- not agree upon ver- ever the Jury in any case has withdrawn, and been kept apart for the purpose of considering their verdict, and shall not have returned the same before all the other cases for trial at the same sittings or sessions shall have been disposed of, and when it shall sufficiently appear to the Court that the said Jury cannot agree upon a verdict, the Court shall discharge such Jury, and shall cause a new Jury to be impanelled, and sworn, and charged with any prisoner, and the action, indictment, or information shall be tried as if such first Jury had not been impanelled.
Verdict.
Interpretation
clause.
XX. And be it further enacted and ordained, That the verdict of the Jury shall in all cases be given by the foreman, in open Court, and in the presence of all the said Jury, and, if a criminal proceeding, in the presence of the Prisoner, and shall be thereupon recorded by the Registrar of the said Court; and the said Registrar shall, before taking the said verdict, ask if they are all agreed thereon, and whether they find for the Plaintiff, or for the Defendant, and in the case of a Prisoner whether they find such Prisoner "Guilty" or "Not Guilty;" and the said Jury shall either pronounce a general verdict for the Plaintiff, or Defendant, or of “ Guilty or " Not Guilty," or else shall return a special verdict finding the facts of the case: Provided always, that the said Jury may acquit any Pri- soner of a part of the charge against him, and find him guilty of the remainder.
XXI. And be it further enacted and ordained, that in the construction of this Ordinance wherever in describing any person or party, matter or thing, the word importing the singu- lar number only is used, the same shall be understood to in- clude, and shall be applied to, several persons or parties as well as one person or party, and several matters or things as well as one matter or thing, respectively, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such constructio
JOHN FRANCIS
Governor
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkon
this 19th day of August, 1845.
ADOLPHUS E. SHEI*
Adolphins Ethelles
Clerk of Councils.
SCHEDULE TO WHICH THIS ORDINANCE REFERS.
Mr A. B.
Summons to Jurors.
You are hereby summoned to appear as a { either Common or Special as the case may be, Juror at the Supreme Court to be holden at
in this Colony, on the
next, and there to attend from day to day until you shall be discharged from the said Court.
day of
(Signed.)
W. C.-Sherif
N. B. The penalty for disobedience hereto is any sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars in the case of a Common Juror, or Two Hundred Dollars in the case of a Special Juror.
Adolphus Etheller.
HONGKONG:
PRINTED BY AUTHORITY, AT THE OFFICE OF THE CHINA MAIL.
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