Sunday, March 8, 2009

Bizarre Question of the Day

Bizarre Question of the Day

I am having trouble finding the language of the oath administered to the trial jury in federal criminal trials of the 1850s. I found John Elliott Byrne's Federal Criminal Procedure, with Forms For the Defense published in 1916, and while quite interesting (okay, I'm a nerd), it doesn't show the trial jury oath in 1916--only the grand jury oath.

In case you are wondering: I invented a time machine last week, and I've decided to escape the Obamination of Desolation by moving to the 1850s--and I won't be able to pass myself off as a lawyer unless I can clarify some details of the legal procedures in federal courts.

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