Juries Act 1730
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1730 c. 7 |
(4 Geo. 2) C A P. VII.
'WH E R E A S by an Act of Parliament made in the third Year of his Majesty's Reign, intituled, , it is among other Things enacted, That no Persons shall be returned as Jurors to serve on Trials at any Assizes orNisi prius , or at the Great Sessions in Wales , or at the Sessions for the Counties Palatine of Lancaster, Chester and Durham , who have served within the Space of one Year before in the County of Rutland , or four Years in the County of York , or of two Years before in any other County, not being a County of a City or Town: And if any such Sheriff shall wilfully transgress therein, any Judge or Justice of Assize, or Nisi prius , or of the said Great Sessions, or the Judge or Judges of the Sessions for the said Counties Palatine, may, and is hereby required, on Examination and Proof of such Offence in a summary Way, to set a Fine or Fines upon every such Offender, as he shall think meet, not exceeding five Pounds for any one Offence: And whereas by reason of the frequent Sessions of Nisi prius in the Court of King's Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer at Westminster , the said Provision cannot be put in Execution in the County of Middlesex , but is found to be impracticable:' Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the first Day of May in the Year of our Lordone thousand seven hundred and thirty-one, the said recited Clause or any Part thereof shall not extend or be construed to extend to the said County ofMiddlesex .
II None to be returned, who has been returned in the two Terms preceding.
II. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That no Person shall be returned to serve as a Juror at any Session ofNisi prius in the County of Middlesex , who has been returned to serve as a Juror at any such Session of Nisi prius in the said County, in the two Terms or Vacations next immediately preceding, under such Penalty upon the Sheriff, Under Sheriff, Bailiff or other Officer imployed or concerned in the...
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