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28 Novr 1808
Inqueranda concerning Grand Juries in London

1. Charge to the Jury, by
whom deliverd?

2. When delivered —

3. Where delivered ?

4. Time of meeting for
proceeding to business.

5. Hour of departure

6. Number of Bills presented

7. No of Bills found.

8. No of Bills thrown
out.

9. Each Bill how &
by whom introduced?

10. What said on the
occasion?

11. No of Witnesses examined
on each Bill.

12. Who took the hand in
the examination? the
Foreman? or who else?

13. Whether any and
what person other
than the witness was
present not in support of
the Bill. viz, by putting
questions to the
Witnesses?
for example
the Attorney
for the prosecution?

14. Whether on the occasion
of each Bill
the witnesses if more
than one was examined
in the presence
or not in the presence
of each other?

15. Resentment whether
any — and the mark
of it?

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Recorder

Monday 28th Novr
immediately
after the Jury
were sworn in

Court of Common Pleas
Guildhall

1/4 past 11 } first
1/2 past 7 } day
1/4 past 11 } 2nd
1/2 past 4 } day

4

337 including 1 found against one of 2 Prisoners

4

9 an officer of the
Court brings it
to the foreman
the same man
brings snuffers
five

Nothing

1st bill 3, 2nd - 1 3rd- 3, 4th 1, 5th & 6th - 4, 7th -2, 8th - 3, 9th - 7 - 10th 5
11th 2, - 12th 2, 13th 2, 14th 2, 15th 2, 16th 4, 17th 7, 18th 2 X
X 19th 2, 20th 3 , 21th - 3, 22nd 5, 23rd 3,
24th - 3, 25th - 3, 26th 4, 27th 2, 28th 2
29th 3, *30<hi rend="superscript">th - 3, 31 - 4, 32<hi rend="superscript">nd 3, 33rd - 3,
34th — 35<hi rend="superscript">th — 36<hi rend="superscript">th — 37<hi rend="superscript">th — 38, <hi rend="underline"> 39<hi rend="superscript">th - 5,
40th - 2. (* to this was joined
another say 31x)

The foreman, Elton Hamond, Mr Ragg & Mr Nelson

none but
the Jury & the
witness under
examination
present

In one case the prosecutor said he had
more witnesses than were endorsed
on the bill who would come before the
Petty Jury

all the bills
I think were
& were certainly indictments
not the

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Each bill was
found or lost
as the majority
voted either way.
numbers voting
never equal on
both sides; in one
case bill was
found, votes
being 10 for 7 agst
in another case
10 for 1 agst about 11
not voting bill was found
in one case bill
found 11 for 10 agst when the Jury
were satisfied
the bill was
true they sometimes
sent away
witnesses unheard

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no oath taken
before the Jury
by the witnesses
I was informed
by the officer who
always answered
our bell that
the witnesses
had been
sworn in in
the office
of the
Clerk
of the
Arraigns but
came up to
the Grand Jury
without any
evidence of their
having been
so sworn

Identifier: | JB/026/001/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 26.
Date_1	1808-11-28	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	026	Main Headings	law amendment
Folio number	001	Info in main headings field	inquirenda concerning grand juries in london
Image	001	Titles
Category	rudiments sheet (brouillon)	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	iping 1804
Marginals		Paper Producer	bernardino rivadavia
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1804
Notes public		ID Number	8734
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