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JURIES PROCEDURE (IRELAND) ACT 1876 - SECT 6

Summoning of jurors.

6. ... save as by the Juries (Ireland) Acts, 1871 to 1872, and by this Act
expressly provided, the summons of every person to serve on any jury in any
court shall be made four clear days at least before the day on which the
attendance of such person shall be required by a constable or sub-constable of
the Royal Irish Constabulary acting in and for the county or borough in which
such person shall reside by delivering a summons to the person to be summoned,
or in case he shall be absent from his usual place of abode, by leaving such
summons with some person therein inhabiting, and every summons requiring the
attendance of any person as a juror shall be duly and properly filled with the
name of the juror, and shall be signed by the sheriff or other officer,
previous to such summons being delivered to such constable or sub-constable
for service; and every constable or sub-constable summoning the jurors under
this Act shall keep a book or books in which he shall truly enter the name of
every person so summoned by him with the day on which such summons shall be
served, and the manner and particulars of the service thereof, and every such
constable and sub-constable shall attend, and shall (if required) produce such
book or books at the sitting of the court, and verify the same upon oath, or
shall cause such book or books to be produced to the court in case of his
unavoidable absence, and in case of the death, illness, or unavoidable absence
of such constable or sub-constable, the book kept by him as aforesaid,
verified on oath as to his handwriting by some credible person, shall (if
required) be produced to the court, and shall be prima8 facie evidence of the
truth of the several matters entered therein as aforesaid; and if any such
constable or sub-constable shall, without reasonable excuse, neglect to summon
any juror as herein-before directed, or to keep such book or books, or to make
such entries therein as aforesaid, or to attend the court, or produce or
verify or cause to be produced the said book or books as herein-before
provided, every constable or sub-constable so offending may, for every such
neglect, be fined by the court in a summary way in any amount not exceeding
ten pounds for each such offence, with the alternative of imprisonment in
default of payment of such fine for any period not exceeding seven days.


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