§ DR. FOX (King's Co., Tullamore)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the fact that, on the trial of Jeremiah Davoren, at the late Tullamore Assizes, no less than 70 jurors were ordered by the Crown to stand aside, including all the Town Commissioners and the Chairman of that body, with all the elected Poor Law Guardians and the Chairman of that body; and whether he will take some steps to save these jurors from this grave inconvenience, expense, and insult?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI am informed that at the trial mentioned the Crown exercised its right to order jurors to stand aside, and that the defence also exercised its right of challenging jurors from serving. I have no information as to the avocations of the jurors so ordered to stand aside or so challenged. Under the existing Jury Laws all persons liable to serve as jurors are bound to attend, notwithstanding the fact that but a small proportion of their number can actually be required to serve. This is of the essence of those laws, and must continue so long as those laws exist.