Land Clauses Consolidation Act 1845

XLIV Penalty on Sheriff and Jury for Default.

If the Sheriff make default in any of the Matters hereinbefore required to be done by him in relation to any such Trial or Inquiry he shall forfeit Fifty Pounds for every such Offence, and such Penalty shall be recoverable by the Promoters of the Undertaking by Action in any of the Superior Courts; and if any Person summoned and returned upon any Jury under this or the special Act, whether common or special, do not appear, or if appearing he refuse to make. Oath, or in any other Manner unlawfully neglect his Duty, he shall, unless he show reasonable excuse to the Satisfaction of the Sheriff, forfeit a Sum not exceeding Ten Pounds; and every such Penalty payable by a Sheriff or Juryman shall be applied in satisfaction of the Costs of the Inquiry, so far as the same will extend; and in addition to the Penalty hereby imposed every such Juryman shall be subject to the same Regulations, Pains, and Penalties as if such Jury had been returned for the Trial of an Issue joined in any of the Superior Courts.