Stannaries Act 1855

XXXV Jurors to be qualified as at Assizes. No Sittings in Devon till Duchy Council or Commissioners shall direct.

All Jury Trials, whether in Actions, Suits, or Plaints, on the Common Law Side of the Court, arising in the County of Devon, or in Issues from the Equity Side, shall be by Persons qualified to serve as Jurors before the Justices of Assize and Nisi Prius in the said County; and for making out Lists of such Jurors, and summoning them, the Vice-Warden shall have and execute the like Powers as in Cornwall; and the Persons so qualified to serve shall be liable to challenge, and amenable to the Process of the said Court, and enjoy the same Exemptions in respect of their Attendance and Service as in the Stannaries of Cornwall: Provided nevertheless, that until the Vice-Warden shall receive the Directions of the said Council or Commissioners, as above provided, to hold Sittings in the County of Devon, it shall not be obligatory on him to hold any Sittings there, nor shall it be obligatory on Persons qualified to serve as Jurors in the Vice-Warden's Court in Devonshire to give their Attendance as such at 'any Court held by him in that County or elsewhere, nor shall any Cause arising in Devonshire, and pending before any County Court Judge there, be remitted for Trial or Hearing before the Vice-Warden, as herein-before provided; and in the meantime the said Council or Commissioners shall direct in what Manner and in what Proportions the Revenue arising from Fees and Assessments in respect of Causes and Mines in the County of Devon shall be applied towards Court or Office Expenses, or Payment of the present or additional Official Salaries.