Section 729.214 – Challenges.
729.214 Challenges. Sec. 14. Any person drawn as a juror may be challenged for cause for the same reasons he could have been challenged for cause if drawn as a juror in a trial in the circuit court. The respondent and the prosecuting attorney in state cases, and the city attorney in city cases, shall […]
Section 729.215 – Instructions to Jury.
729.215 Instructions to jury. Sec. 15. It shall be the duty of said judge of a police court to instruct the jury in all cases as to the law applicable to the case being tried by it, which instruction shall be received by the jury as the law of the case. History: 1953, Act 17, […]
Section 729.216 – Jury Service; Limitation.
729.216 Jury service; limitation. Sec. 16. No person shall be required to serve as a juror in said court more than 4 times within any calendar year. A person who shall be upon the jury list provided in section 3 hereof shall not again be placed on said list for a period of 2 years. […]
Section 729.217 – Fees.
729.217 Fees. Sec. 17. Each police court juror shall be entitled to receive $8.00 for each day’s actual attendance in court, and $4.00 for each 1/2 day of such attendance, to be paid by the clerk of the police court and accounted for to the proper city or county officials. History: 1953, Act 17, Imd. […]
Section 729.204 – Board of Jury Commissioners; Qualifications of Persons Selected.
729.204 Board of jury commissioners; qualifications of persons selected. Sec. 4. The said board in making such list shall select only the names of persons who are qualified electors, in possession of their natural faculties, not infirm or decrepit, of good character, integrity and sound judgment, well informed in and conversant with the English language, […]
Section 729.205 – Board of Jury Commissioners; Exemptions; Excused From Serving.
729.205 Board of jury commissioners; exemptions; excused from serving. Sec. 5. Any person shall be exempt from serving on a jury drawn in accordance with the provisions of this act if he is exempt from serving on juries in the circuit courts of this state. Any person more than 70 years of age shall be […]
Section 729.206 – Duty of Clerk of Court.
729.206 Duty of clerk of court. Sec. 6. The clerk of said court shall write the name and address of each person named on such lists on a separate slip of paper. Each slip shall then be placed in a separate receptacle so designed as to conceal the information contained on the slip, and all […]
Section 729.207 – Date of Trial; Drawing of Panel, Time; Number of Jurors.
729.207 Date of trial; drawing of panel, time; number of jurors. Sec. 7. When a jury trial shall have been demanded by any person to be tried in said court, the judge of said court shall fix a time for such trial and shall fix a time for the drawing of a panel of jurors […]
Section 729.208 – Drawing; Conduct.
729.208 Drawing; conduct. Sec. 8. Such drawing shall be conducted at the place of the holding of said court at the time so fixed by the judge, or at such adjourned time as he may order. Such drawing shall be conducted by the clerk in the presence of the judge, shall be public, and the […]
Section 729.209 – Clerk to Draw Names; Record; Signature.
729.209 Clerk to draw names; record; signature. Sec. 9. Upon such drawing of the panel the clerk shall draw from said box such names, 1 at a time, as may be needed to complete said panel, in the number ordered by the court. He shall publicly announce the name of each juror drawn and make […]