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Only by one of the said Judges and shall notify such desire, by a memorandum in writing signed by themselves or their attornies or agents to the Registrar, before the first day of the sittings of the said Judge, the said Judge shall himself try the cause without any jury.

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XXVI. Provided always, and it is hereby further Enacted, That if in the course of the trial of such cause it shall appear to the said Judge fit and proper that the whole matter in dispute between the parties, or any part thereof, should be tried by a jury, he shall have power to empanel a jury, before whom the whole matter or such part as he may think fit and proper for such mode of trial, shall be tried.

Jury may be called in afterwards

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XXVII, And ut be Enacted, That if it shall appear to the said Judge before the first day of the sittings, that any case set down for trial before him is fit and proper to be tried by the said Judge alone without a jury, it shall and may be lawful for the said Judge to notify such his opinion to the said parties Four days at least before the first day of the sittings; and unless one or other of the said parties shall before the first day of the sittings require the cause to be tried by a jury, the same shall be tried by the Judge alone.

Trial may be without jury, if Judge suggests and parties confent. 15

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XXVIII. Provided always, and it be Enacted, That in case any cause shall have been begun to be tried by a jury, it shall and may be lawful for the said Judge, with the consent of both parties, to discharge the said jury and proceed to try the cause alone.

Jury may be discharged by confent.

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XXIX. And be it Enacted, That all actions of debt, or in the nature of debt, where the sum sought to be recovered is more than Five pounds and all other actions whereof the said Judges have cognizance by virtue of this Act, shall be tried by the one of the said Judges is whose court the same are brought, and a jury, according to the course of the law of this realm, unless in so far as it is otherwise provided in this Act,

Course of the law to be purfued in general

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XXX. And it be Enacted, That each of the said Judges shall issue his summons Two weeks at least before the first day of each sitting, to 30 the sheriff of the county or counties within which he hath jurisdiction to summon a jury, and thereupon the said sheriff shall cause to be summoned one week before the said first day of sitting, forty-eight persons qualified by law to serve as jurymen, to attend at the hour appointed for holding such sittings, such summonses to be served either personally on each such person or by leaving it at his dwellinghouse; and in summoning such persons regard shall always be had to the convenience of the individuals so summoned, and the nearness of their places of abode to the place where the Court is holden; and no person shall be summoned oftener then once in one year.

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XXXI. And

Identifier: | JB/004/014/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4.
Date_1	1830-06-21	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	004	Main Headings	lord brougham displayed
Folio number	014	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles	[[titles::11 geo. iv sess. 1830 / a bill [as amended by the committee] / for establishing courts of local jurisdiction]]
Category	printed material	Number of Pages	44
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	(2-43)
Penner		Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	1935
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