Juries Act 1695

X. 4W. &M. c.24. & 16–23.

continued for 7 Years, &c. from 1st May 1696.

And whereas by an Act made in the Fourth and Fifth Yeares of the Reigne of King William and Queen Mary intituled An Act for reviving continuing and explaining several Laws therein mentioned which are expired and [X1 neare] expiring amongst other things there were several good Clauses and Provisions made and enacted for returning able and sufficient Jurors for Tryals of Issues joyned in any of the Courts of Kings-Bench Co[m]monPleas or Excheq[uer] or before Justices of Assize or Nisi prius Oyer and Terminer Gaol-Delivery or General QuarterSessions of the Peace which Act as to so much thereof as did relate to the returning of Jurors was to be in force for the Space of Three yeares from the First day of May One thousand six hundred ninety three and from thence to the end of the next Session of Parliament which by Experience hath been found beneficial and useful Be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Act as to so much thereof as doth relate to the returning of Jurors shall be and is hereby continued and shall be in force together with this Act for the space of Seven yeares from the First day of May One thousand six hundred ninety six and from thence to the end of the next Session of Parliament and no longer.

Editorial Information

X1 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: were O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]