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Re: antebellum jury service
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"Brooks, Vincent" <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 14 Dec 2021 12:30:23 -0500
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Is this a regular jury or grand jury?



On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 11:39 AM Lois Leveen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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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