People (Attorney General) v Moriarty

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1945
• Date: 01 January 1945
• Court: Central Criminal Court (Ireland)

(Cent. Crim. Ct.),

The People (Attorney-General)

and

Moriarty

Jury - Illness of juror after jury sworn but before accused given in charge -Whether trial may proceed with eleven jurors -Whether illness occurred "in the course of the trial" - Juries Act, 1927 (No. 23 of 1927), s. 64.

1. Sect. 64 of the Juries Act, 1927, provides that "Whenever in the course of the trial of any issue, a juror dies or is discharged by the Judge owing to his being incapable through illness or any other cause of...