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3 N.J.L. 463

Lyon v. Tharp

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided November 15, 1808

Supreme Court of New Jersey · decided 1808-11-15

<p>OH CEBTIOBABI.</p>

Decided 1808-11-15

¶1Constable, after returning jury panel, may not strike out names of defaulters and add other names.

¶2It appeared by the record of the justice, that the constable on the day of the trial returned the venire, with a regular panel of jurors annexed, and on their being called, that they did not all appear; whereupon the justice let the constable take the panel and strike out the names of the jurors who did not appear, and put in other names in place of the defaulting jurors, and this being assigned for error, the court, being of opinion that the proceeding below was illegal,

¶3Reversed the judgment.

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