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Show Commissioners Select Jurors For 1953 J. V. McLea and B e n n i e Schmiett, of Roosevelt, served v iury commissioners to select Duchesne County citizens who may be called for jury service during 1953. Prior to December 1 of each calendar year, the judges ot the Fourth Judicial District Court appoint two persons a jury commissioners. These appointees ap-pointees shall be voters of the county, well-known to be oi opposite politics, and of good eputation tor intelligence, morality mor-ality and integrity, in accordance accord-ance with the provisions of the Jtah Code. Manner and choosing of names o be listed as jurors is also rovided by law. Names shal! oe selected as far as practicable :'rom the several precincts of :he county in proportion to the number of votes cast therein at the last preceding general alection. In Duchesne County, six names are selected for every 100 votes cast in the November general election. Th name and residence of ;ach person selected shall be entered en-tered upon a list which shall 3e certified by the jury com-nissioners, com-nissioners, and shall be filed immediately after its preparation prepara-tion in the office of the clerk of the district court. Names ar selected by the jury commissioners commis-sioners before the 15th day of December from the names of the legal voters on the assessment assess-ment roll of the county for the current year. In making the selection, the jury commissioners shall choose only those persons who are not exempt from jury service, by law, who are in possession of their faculties, who are not in-t'irm in-t'irm or decrepit, who are wel1 informed and free from legal sxceptions, and, as far as practicable, prac-ticable, who are not returned on the jury list of the next pre ceding year. No person shall Deselected De-selected as a juror who is known to them to be interested in or has a cause pending which may be tried by a jury to be drawn from the persons so selected, se-lected, or who, either personalis or otherwise, has solicited nis selection as such. |