§ Mr. Goldieasked the Attorney-General whether he is aware of the hardship involved in jury service upon those whose means of livelihood involves night work, whereby, as a result of such jury service, they are liable to be deprived for several consecutive days of their ordinary hours of sleep during the daytime; and whether, in order to remove such hardship, he will instruct under-sheriffs and other officers empowered to summon juries that on proof that the person so summoned is normally employed on night work he or she shall be excused from jury service?
§ Sir S. HoareI have been asked to reply. Under Section 3 of the Juries Act, 1922, the Sheriff is authorised to excuse the attendance of a person who has been summoned to attend on a jury, if the Sheriff is satisfied that there is good reason why he should be excused on that occasion. The matter is not one in which I have any authority to issue any instructions.