§ Mr. BOTTOMLEYasked the Attorney-General whether he was aware that under the existing law aliens were qualified to sit upon juries in the English courts; whether, in pursuance of this right, a large proportion of jurymen, especially in county courts, were aliens; and whether he would consider the expediency of advising His Majesty's Government to amend the Jurors' Act so as to secure that all British subjects should be tried by their own countrymen?
§ The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (Sir William Robson)The only aliens qualified to serve on juries are those who have been domiciled in this country for 10 years and are qualified in other respects. The presence on juries of such aliens has not, so far as I know, been made the subject of any complaint, and it is frequently an advantage in certain districts. I am not prepared to recommend any alteration in the law, but, of course, that is not a matter for me to decide.