Juries Act 1825


The Juries Act 1825, also known as the County Juries Act is an Act of Parliament

Selected clauses

Qualifying for jury service

The following requirements qualified an individual for jury service :
In Wales the qualifications were scaled to three-fifths of the above values.

Exemptions from jury service

Various groups were exempted from jury service by section 2:
Service on a jury was restricted to natural born subjects of the Crown by section 3.

Special juries

Section 31 listed qualification for service on special juries. They were required to be one of:
Section 47 reiterated that foreigners were entitled to have one-half of a jury judging them to consist of fellow foreigners. Those foreign jurors had to be available in the area where the trial was held, but were otherwise exempted from the qualifications required of jurors at the time.

In force

Only section 29 remains in force. It requires challenges by the Crown to the composition of juries to only be made for cause.