STRAIN ON JURY PANEL
Giving point to comment made earlier in the day by the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) on the importance of having a sufficient jury panel. 56 names had to be called to complete two juries for criminal cases in the Supreme Court yesterday. For the first case there were 59 jurors available, this number including nine whose applications for exemption had been declined. By the time the twelve jurors' seats were filled 24 names had been called, six men having been stood aside by the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. W. H. Cunningham) and an equal number having been challenged by counsel for the defence. When the second case was called for trial counsel exercised his full right of challenge, sending six men back to the body of the Court, and the Crown Prosecutor called "Stand aside" no less than 13 times, so that 31 names had to be called to complete the jury of 12. Even then there was another difficulty, since jane of the jurymen had to be excused because of personal friendship with the accused, and his place had to be filled, necessitating the calling of yet another name.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 27, 2 February 1943, Page 4
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