In Re Supervision & Assignment of the Petit Jury Panels

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mountain, J.

A dispute arose between the Honorable James R. Giuliano, Assignment Judge of the County of Essex, and John P. Cryan, Sheriff of the same county, as to the manner in which petit jury panels are to be summoned, as to who is to care for and supervise petit jurors during their terms of service and as to who is to pay them their statutory allowances. Judge Giuliano by order dated February 3, 1971, appointed a senior court clerk “to assist the Assignment Judge for Essex County in summoning and supervising the daily attendance of the petit jurors…