19 Facts About Grand juries

The investigatory functions of grand juries include obtaining and reviewing documents and other evidence, and hearing sworn testimonies of witnesses who appear before it; the accusatory function determines whether there is probable cause to believe that one or more persons committed a particular offense within the venue of a district court.

Grand juries jury is so named because traditionally it has more jurors than a trial jury, sometimes called a petit jury.

Grand juries immediately petitioned the Old Bailey on a writ of habeas corpus, but the Old Bailey said it did not have jurisdiction over prisoners in the Tower of London, so Cooper had to wait for the next session of the Court of King's Bench.

Grand juries jury was introduced in Scotland, solely for high treason, a year after the union with England, by the Treason Act 1708, an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

In Ireland, grand juries were active from the Middle Ages during the Lordship of Ireland in parts of the island under the control of the English government, that was followed by the Kingdom of Ireland.

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Grand juries jurors were usually the largest local payers of rates, and therefore tended to be the larger landlords, and on retiring they selected new members from the same background.

Distinct from their public works function, as property owners they were qualified to sit on criminal Grand juries hearing trials by jury, as well as having a pre-trial judicial function for serious criminal cases.

Grand juries controlled the boards of guardians and appointed the dispensary doctors, regulated the diet of paupers, inflicted fines and administered the law at petty sessions.

Grand juries were eventually replaced by democratically elected County Councils by the Local Government Act 1898, as regards their administrative functions.

Grand juries jury served to screen out incompetent or malicious prosecutions.

Grand juries jury existed in New South Wales for a short period in the 1820s.

Grand juries were introduced by the Judicature Act 1874 and have been used on a very limited number of occasions.

Grand juries jury continued in operation until 1885, by which time the Cape was under responsible government, when it was abolished by Act 17 of 1885 of the Cape Parliament.

Grand juries were established in France in 1791 under the name jury d'accusation, but they were abolished with the introduction of the Code of Criminal Instruction in 1808.

Grand juries decided whether to dismiss the charges or, if not, whether the case was a delit or a crime.

From 1795 to 1808 grand juries operated in Belgium, which was divided into French departements in October 1795.

Grand juries continued in operation after the transfer to the colony to the Crown in 1807.

Grand juries promulgated the Ordinance of 29 November 1853 which abolished the grand jury.

Grand juries have been considered one colonial body representative of local opinion and the Colonial Secretary's support for Kennedy upholding the abolition inspired a round of agitation for a local voice in government decision-making.