"From among the persons so summoned who attend, the *court* shall select a
foreman, who will be sworn as follows:..."
Code of Virginia, 1860, CH. 206 Grand Juries (p.829)
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010448057
On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 3:58 PM a sharpe <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The selection of foremen of petit juries is unchanged from antiquity.
>
> Grand juries were summoned for a full term and it would not be unusual to
> see repetition in the names of jurors. How that foreman was picked I have
> not seen but suspect he was chosen by the other jurors.
>
> > On Dec 14, 2021, at 12:40, Brooks, Vincent <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > 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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