THE JURY LIST.

Otago Witness, Issue 3698, 27 January 1925, Page 15

THE JURY LIST.

A NEW COMPILATION. WELLINGTON, January 23. The local police are engaged m. compiling the new jury list. Any man between the ages of 21 and 60 of good character, not being a Maori, is liable and qualified to serve as a juror. Any Maori whose capability is certified is deemed to be duly qualified and liable to serve on any Maori jury or mixed jury for the trial of any civil or criminal case. The following are not qualified . —Anyone not a natural born or naturalised British subject; anyone who has been convicted of any infamous crime or of treason or of any crime formerly punishable as felony, unless he has receiv ed a free pardon; an undischarged bankrupt; anyone who is of bad fame or repute. Exemption from jury service applies to the following:—Members of the Executive Council of Now Zealand; members of Parliament; judges; magistrates; clergymen ; persons who preach or teach in any religious congregation and do not follow any secular occupation, except that of schoolmaster: schoolmasters and inspectors of schools; practising barristers and solicitors; physicians, surgeons, and medical practitioners; dentists legally qualified and actually practising; Government servants; coroners; gaolers; con stables; licensed pilots, masters of ships, and seamen actually employed ; members of the defence forces except members of Defence Rifle Clubs; visiting justices under the Prisons Act: persons employed under the Post and Telegraph Act and members of the naval and military forces on full pay. Any member of a volunteer fire brigade if summoned to serve will bo excused by the judge upon producing a certificate as to his position and stating that he has regularly attended practices and drills for 12 months and has otherwise observed the rules and regulations.

The following railwaymen are exempted from service:—Engineers in charge of districts, traffic managers, stationmasters, guards, engine-drivers, firemen, shop managers, signalmen, porters, shunters, inspectors, gangers, and foremen.

The Act orders that the constables employed in making out the jury lists shall in March post a notice in specified places stating the time and place at which the meeting of justices will be held to revise

the list. If the name of any man not qualified and liable to serve is inserted in any constable’s list, the justices will, if satisfied by evidence from the person complaining or other proof or from their own knowledge, strike the name out. They will also strike out the name of any lunatic or imbecile, and of any persons disabled by deafness, blindness, or other permanent infirmity.