How To Use juryman In A Sentence
- Inasmuch as the defence needs only to secure the vote of one juryman to procure a disagreement, this offer is a comparatively safe one for the defendant to make, since the prosecutor, who must secure unanimity on the part of the jury (at least in New York State), can afford to take no chances of letting an incompetent or otherwise unfit talesman slip into the box. Courts and Criminals
- However, the reason for rejecting the unanimity principle was itself very Russian; it was argued that one juryman should not be allowed to thwart the will of eleven others.
- I am immensely impressed by the way in which the British juryman and jurywoman simply sits down to do this disagreeable duty though the heavens fall.
- Philippe, he was a great provincial lawyer, wealthy and influential, a wise elector, and a very severe juryman; he was still a man of pleasure. Les Miserables
- The case was livened up one day in early July when an elderly spectator inadvertently wandered into the jury box when trying to find his seat, leading one of the prosecuting councils to joke that "The 13th juryman is on the Bench I always understood. Archive 2009-02-01
- Having a majority of eleven against him, the wise juryman consented to a merciful verdict of death by misadventure.
- A juryman surmised that the deceased slipped as he was watching the waves, pointing out that his hat was found on the stones. Archive 2010-05-01
- During that time, he bought a considerable amount of land, and became active in the affairs of New Milford, serving as juryman, town clerk, church deacon, school committeeman, and agent to the Assembly of Town business. History of American Women
- Having a majority of eleven against him, the wise juryman consented to a merciful verdict of death by misadventure.
- A member of the assembly decides about future events, a juryman about past events: while those who merely decide on the orator's skill are observers. Aristotle's Rhetoric - Selected Moments
