United States v. Scott

BROWN, District Judge.

[1] The United States, in each of the above-entitled cases, demurs to a plea in abatement alleging the disqualification of a grand juror.

Chapter 279, section 1, General Raws of Rhode Island, provides for the qualification of jurors, as follows:

“All persons over twenty-five years of age who are qualified to vote in the election of the city council of any city or upon any proposition to impose a tax for the expenditure of money in any town or city, shall he liable to serve as jurors, except as is hereinafter provided.”

To determine what persons are so qualified it is…