The supervisors apportion the number (three hundred,) among the
several towns in the county in proportion to population. Each
supervisor selects from his town the number to which it is
entitled; and these several lists are written upon slips of paper
as before and deposited in a box in the county clerk's office.
Q. How frequently are the lists changed?
A. The petit jury list is changed once in three years; the grand
jury list every year.
Q. When are these juries drawn?
A. Not more than twenty, nor less than fourteen days before the
sitting of the court for which they are drawn.
Q. How many are drawn?
A. Thirty-six petit and twenty-four grand jurors.
Q. How is the jury for each individual case obtained?
A. The thirty-six petit jurors' names are put into a box and the
names are drawn out until twelve satisfactory persons are
obtained.
Q How many of this jury must agree in a verdict?
A. The twelve must agree.
Q. Who is the officer authorized to report the verdict?
A The person they have elected foreman.
Q. In case the twelve jurymen do not agree, what will be done?
A. When the judge is satisfied that the jury will not agree he
will discharge them.
Q. What will be done with the case then?
A. Another trial will take place with a different jury, unless the
suit be discontinued.
Q. Who is the presiding officer of the grand jury?
A.
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