Court of Session Act 1868

45 Mode of returning Jurors.

The Number of Jurors to be cited for the Trial of any Cause or Causes appointed to be tried at Edinburgh, or at any Circuit Town (where a Special Diet shall be fixed for such Trial), shall be such as is specified in the Act Fifty-fifth George the Third, Chapter Forty-two, and a List of such Jurors shall be returned by the Sheriff of Edinburgh, or of any other County or Counties, as provided by the Act Sixth George the Fourth, Chapter Twenty-two, but so that One Third of the Number of Jurors required, or, if the Number required cannot be divided equally into Thirds, a Number as near as may be, more or less, at the Discretion of the Sheriff, shall be Persons qualified as Special Jurors, and shall be distinguished in the Return accordingly; provided that in the event of the List to be taken from the General Jury Book, as provided in the said Act, not being found to contain the said Proportion of Special Jurors, the Deficiency shall be supplied by Names to be taken from the Special Jury Book.