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Jury Service

  • 12-10-2010 9:31am
    #1
    martshaw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭


    Just got a letter for Jury Service next month, looking for opinions. Had to take a guy to court for unpaid debts in the last year in the same courthouse, does that make a difference. Thanks in advance.


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  • #2
    Reloc8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Reloc8


    No difference.

    The Judge will warn you that you should not serve on a jury if you know any of the people involved or have any interest in the case (the panel will be given some brief details of the cases for trial). If you are affected by this you should approach the judge when/if called forward to take the oath.


  • #3
    martshaw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭martshaw


    Reloc8 wrote: »
    No difference.

    The Judge will warn you that you should not serve on a jury if you know any of the people involved or have any interest in the case (the panel will be given some brief details of the cases for trial). If you are affected by this you should approach the judge when/if called forward to take the oath.
    Great thanks for that.


  • #4
    Mary Hairy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 128 ✭✭Mary Hairy


    It is another way out to wait until the names and addresses of the witnesses are called and and to claim that you think you know one of them. Discharge straight away.


  • #5
    cushtac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭cushtac


    Mary Hairy wrote: »
    It is another way out to wait until the names and addresses of the witnesses are called and and to claim that you think you know one of them. Discharge straight away.

    That will only excuse someone from a particular trial. Someone doing that would be returned to the juror pool and could be picked for another one.


  • #6
    Reloc8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Reloc8


    x2
    Mary Hairy wrote: »
    It is another way out to wait until the names and addresses of the witnesses are called and and to claim that you think you know one of them. Discharge straight away.

    If you're comfortable with telling lies to a judge it court that's your own business.

    I don't suppose you ever considered that quite a lot of people are perfectly willing to give up their time to perform jury service, and, like this OP are anxious to ensure that they do it properly and without causing an unfairness to anybody.


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  • #7
    Mary Hairy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 128 ✭✭Mary Hairy


    I didn't say whether I approved of that practice or not, simply that it is and can be done.


  • #8
    martshaw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭martshaw


    Just wondering how long do I have to reply to Jury Service Notice. Got letter last week, have to show up on 22nd of Nov. Would find it very interesting to do it if called. Cannot see any reply date on it. Thanks.


  • #9
    McCrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,991 ✭✭✭McCrack


    Mary Hairy wrote: »
    I didn't say whether I approved of that practice or not, simply that it is and can be done.

    Why say it at all? The only end it serves is to give people an idea to lie to a Court. By saying it I would suspect you are comfortable with it.


  • #10
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    martshaw wrote: »
    Just wondering how long do I have to reply to Jury Service Notice. Got letter last week, have to show up on 22nd of Nov. Would find it very interesting to do it if called. Cannot see any reply date on it. Thanks.
    Just show up on the date appointed.


  • #11
    MagicSean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    I sometimes read of a judge excusing a jury from service for life. How often does this happen?


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  • #12
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    Usually if a jury has heard a particularly difficult case, such as a brutal murder or rape.


  • #13
    Improbable
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭Improbable


    Plenty of information HERE and HERE


  • #14
    Mary Hairy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 128 ✭✭Mary Hairy


    McCrack wrote: »
    Why say it at all? The only end it serves is to give people an idea to lie to a Court. By saying it I would suspect you are comfortable with it.


    It also serves to remind people how important it is not to swerve on a jury if they have a connnection with a witness. Too many tyrials end up aborting because some fool juror keeps her mouth shut. Whether people lie in court is a matter for their own conscience. Just because someone says so,ething can be done does not mean they condone or approve of it.


  • #15
    Reloc8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Reloc8


    Mary Hairy wrote: »
    It is another way out to wait until the names and addresses of the witnesses are called and and to claim that you think you know one of them. Discharge straight away.
    Mary Hairy wrote: »
    I didn't say whether I approved of that practice or not, simply that it is and can be done.
    McCrack wrote: »
    Why say it at all? The only end it serves is to give people an idea to lie to a Court. By saying it I would suspect you are comfortable with it.
    Mary Hairy wrote: »
    It also serves to remind people how important it is not to swerve on a jury if they have a connnection with a witness. Too many tyrials end up aborting because some fool juror keeps her mouth shut. Whether people lie in court is a matter for their own conscience. Just because someone says so,ething can be done does not mean they condone or approve of it.

    Ah here.

    You presented it as 'a way out' to quote you, not as an example of the importance of a juror protecting the integrity of an accused's right to a fair and impartial trial.


  • #16
    Cardinal Richelieu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,407 ✭✭✭Cardinal Richelieu


    I am the postal address for a friend that left the country last year, they received a jury service last week and they want me to fill out the form and send it back. They are worried that if they come back to Ireland they will be fined for non attendance if they just ignore it. Do I just write emirgrated on the form and send back?


  • #17
    MagicSean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    Cardinal Richelieu wrote: »
    I am the postal address for a friend that left the country last year, they received a jury service last week and they want me to fill out the form and send it back. They are worried that if they come back to Ireland they will be fined for non attendance if they just ignore it. Do I just write emirgrated on the form and send back?

    Ring them and explain.


  • #18
    Carawaystick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭Carawaystick


    McCrack wrote: »
    Why say it at all? The only end it serves is to give people an idea to lie to a Court. By saying it I would suspect you are comfortable with it.

    Worked out fine for Willie O Dea.....


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