I appreciate the response, but I think it doesn't quite get at the main
part of my question:
in *ANTEBELLUM Richmond*, how were jurors and forepersons of juries
selected, and how long did they serve? This individual seems to have been
serving for months or perhaps years at a time. Clearly, the process was
quite different than our current system in which, as you note, jurors
choose a member to serve as foreperson for a particular trial.
On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 8:19 AM a sharpe <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The foreman is a juror chosen by the members of the jury for each trial.
>
> Jurors may choose a person many times where that person is respected by
> the other jurors.
>
> > On Dec 9, 2021, at 14:53, Lois Leveen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Howdy all,
> > This is probably a basic question for those of you who work on antebellum
> > Richmond, so thank you for indulging my asking it:
> > How did someone come to be foreman (definitely gendered role at the time)
> > of the Hustings Court jurors? There is someone who is a minor character
> in
> > the story I am piecing together who seems to have been in this role for
> > quite a stretch of the mid-1860s. Was this an appointed position? Paid?
> > Prestigious? How long was the duration of service? Was someone in the
> role
> > indefinitely or subject to re-appointment?
> >
> > Thanks for any help on this,
> > Lois
> >
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