HC Deb 17 February 1887 vol 310 cc1756-7
MR. MAURICE HEALY (Cork)

asked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, Whether the precept addressed to Sheriffs for the summoning of jurors in Ireland specifies the number of jurors to be summoned; whether, if not, the number of jurors to be placed on any panel is entirely in the discretion of the Sheriff; and, whether, if the precep does specify the number, there was any change in the form of the precept addressed to the High Sheriff of the County of Dublin at the present Commission?

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. HOLMES) (Dublin University)

In answer to this Question, I have to say that the precept does not specify the number of jurors to be summoned, and the matter is left to the discretion of the Sheriff. I am informed there has been no change in the form of the precept addressed to the High Sheriff of the County of Dublin at the present Commission.