Stevens v. Union Railroad Company
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Trespass on the Case for negligence.
1Opinion of the CourtBlodgett, J.
Two questions are presented by the exceptions, the first being whether the number of peremptory challenges to a jury shall be. computed upon the total number of jurors qualified generally as jurors who are called, including those who are' challenged for cause, or whether the basis of computation shall be the number called exclusive of challenges for cause but inclusive of the increment of substitutes upon peremptory challenges; and the second question being as to the effect of the allowance of a greater number of such challenges than is specified in the statute.
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