s. 309, Crim. Pr.
§ 7336. When an indictment is called for trial, or at any time previous thereto, the court may, upon sufficient cause by either party, direct the trial to be postponed to another day in the same or next term.
TITLE 8.
OF PROCEEDINGS AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE TRIAL AND BEFORE JUDGMENT.
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| 1. | Challenging the jury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 2. | The trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 3. | Conduct of the jury after the cause is submitted to them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 4. | The verdict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 5. | Bill of exception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 6. | New trials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 7. | Arrest of judgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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CHAPTER 1.
CHALLENGING THE JURY.
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Section. 7337. Challenges classed. 7338. When several defendants. 7339. Panel defined. 7340. Challenge to the panel. 7341. Cause for challenge to panel. 7342. When taken. 7343. Issue on the challenge. 7344. Proceedings on exception to challenge. 7345. When challenge is denied. 7346. Trial of challenge. 7347. Bias of officer. 7348. Discharge of jury. 7349. Challenge to individual juror. 7350. Nature of challenge. 7351. Challenge taken before juror is sworn. 7352. Peremptory challenge. 7353. Defendant's challenges.
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Section. 7354. Prosecutor's challenges. 7355. Challenge for cause. 7356. Challenge for cause classed. 7357. Causes for challenge. 7358. Particular cause. 7359. Challenge for implied bias. 7360. Exemption from jury service, 7361. Cause stated in challenge-Exception. 7362. Exception to the challenge. 7363. Challenge tried, how. 7364. Juror challenged as a witness. 7365. Other witness. 7366. Duty of court on trial of challenge. 7367. Order of taking challenges. 7368. Order of challenge for cause. 7369. Peremptory challenge.
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s. 310, Crim. Pr.
§ 7337. A challenge is an objection made to the trial jurors and is of two kinds:
1. To the panel.
2. To an individual juror.
When several defendants.s. 311, Crim. Pr.
§ 7338. When several defendants are tried together they cannot sever their challenges, but must join therein.
Panel defined.s. 312, Crim. Pr.
§ 7339. The panel is a list of jurors returned by a sheriff, to serve at a particular court, or for the trial of a particular action.
Challenge to panel.s. 313, Crim. Pr.
§ 7340. A challenge to the panel is an objection made to all the trial jurors returned, and may be taken by either party.
Cause for challenge to panel.s. 314, Crim. Pr.
§ 7341. A challenge to the panel can be founded only on a material departure from the forms prescribed by law, in respect to the drawing and return of the jury, or on the intentional omission of the sheriff to summon one or more of the jurors drawn.
When taken.s. 315, Crim. Pr.
§ 7342. A challenge to the panel must be taken before a juror is sworn, and must be in writing, specifying plainly and distinctly the facts constituting the ground of challenge.
Issue on the challenge.s. 316, Crim. Pr.
§ 7343. If the sufficiency of the facts alleged as a ground of challenge be denied, the adverse party may except to the challenge. The exception need not be in writing, but must be entered upon the minutes of the court, and thereupon the court must proceed to try the sufficiency of the challenge, assuming the facts alleged therein to be true.
Proceedings on exception to challenge.s. 317, Crim. Pr. § 7344. If, on the exception, the court deem the challenge sufficient, it may, if justice require it, permit the party excepting to withdraw his exception, and to deny the facts alleged in
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