any unpresented through fear, favor, or affection, or for any reward, or the promise or hope thereof, but in all your presentments you shall present the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, according to the best of your skill and understanding. So help you God.

Oath of the other Grand Jurors.

The same oath which your foreman has now taken before you on his part, you, and each of you, shall well and truly observe on your part. So help you God.

Oath, as to Excuse of Juror.

That you will well and truly answer the questions put to you concerning your excuse to serve as a grand [or, trial, as may be] juror. So help you God.

Oath of Triers, on Challenge to Juror for Actual Bias. That you will truly inquire whether or not the several persons challenged, or who may be challenged, as trial jurors in this issue joined, between

, plaintiff, and

defendant [or, between the people, &c.], and in respect to whom the challenges shall be given to you in charge, are biased against the challenging party, and decide the same truly according to the evidence. So help you God.

Finding of the Triers.

We find [or, the majority of the triers find] the challenge true [or, not true].

Oath as to Competency of Juror.

That you will well and truly answer such questions as may be put to you concerning your competency to serve as a trial juror in this issue pending between A. B., plaintiff [or, the people of the state of California, complainants], and C. D., defendant. So help you God.

Oath of Empanelled Jury.

You, and each of you, do solemnly swear, that you will well and truly try this matter at issue, wherein A. B. is plaintiff [or, the people of, &c., as above, are complainants], and C. D. is defendant, and a true verdict render therein according to the evidence. So help you God.

Oath of Interpreter.

That you will well and truly interpret between the court, the jury, the counsel, and the witness [or, the witnesses], in this cause, wherein is defendant.

help you God.

is plaintiff and

Another Form.

So

That you will well and truly interpret from French into English, and from English into French, the testimony to be given by this witness [or, the witnesses], in this issue pending between plaintiff, and defendant. So help you God.

Oath on Voir Dire.

You do solemnly swear that you will true answers make to such questions as may be put to you touching your interest in the event of this cause between A. B., plaintiff [or, the people of the state of California, complainants], and C. D., defendant. So help you God.

Oath of a Witness.

That the evidence you shall give in this issue pending between , plaintiff [or, complainants], and , defendant, shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So help you God.

Oath of Party, or Interested Witness, to Admit Evidence of the Contents of a Paper not Produced.

That you will true answers make to such questions as shall be put to you touching the power or control you have over any paper [or, the loss or destruction of any paper] which would be proper evidence in this cause. So help you God.

Of a Party, or Interested Witness, Preliminary to Proving the Handwriting of a Subscribing Witness.

That you will true answers make to such questions as shall be put to you touching your [or, the plaintiff's, or, defendant's], ability to procure the attendance of G. H., a subscribing witness to this paper [or, the paper in question]. So help you God.

Of Officer, on Retiring with a Jury, or Jurors, on Leave.

That you will retire with such jurors as will have leave of absence from this court; you will not speak to them yourself in relation to this trial nor suffer any person to speak to them; and you will return with them without delay. So help you God.

Of Officer to keep Jury on an Adjournment.

That you will retire with the jury to some convenient room during the recess of court; you will not suffer any person to speak to them, nor speak to them yourself in relation to this trial, and return with them at the order of the court. So help you God.

Oath of Officer to take Charge of the Jury on Retiring to Deliberate.

That you will keep this jury together in a private and convenient place for their deliberation; that you will not permit any person to speak to them, nor speak to them yourself, without leave of the court, unless it be to ask them whether they have agreed upon a verdict, and that you will return them into court when they have so agreed. So help you God.

Form of Taking a Verdict.

COURT.-Mr. Clerk. Call the jury.

CLERK.-Gentlemen of the jury: please answer to your names as called [call them one by one, the sheriff counting as they answer]. Gentlemen of the jury: have you agreed upon your verdict? JURY.-[The foreman, rising, answers] We have.

CLERK. Declare your verdict.

FOREMAN. We find [here state the finding].
COURT.-Mr. Clerk, record the verdict.

CLERK. [The Clerk then enters the verdict and continues,] Gentlemen of the Jury, listen to your verdict as it stands recorded. You say you find [here state the finding]. So say you all.

FORMS OF VERDICT.

In a Criminal Case on issue of Guilty or Not Guilty.

We find the defendant guilty [or, not guilty], as charged in the indictment.

In a Criminal Case, when the question of the Sanity of the

Defendant is tried.

We find the defendant sane [or, insane], and that he was so at the time of the alleged commission of the larceny [or other act, as may be] charged against him, to wit, on &c.

Upon a Plea of a Former Conviction or Acquittal of the Same Offence.

We find for the People [or, for the defendant].

A special verdict need not be in any particular form-it must intelligibly present the facts found by the jury. It must be reduced to writing by the jury, or in their presence entered upon the minutes of the court, read to the jury, and agreed to by them before they are discharged.

Special Verdict, where Defendant is under fourteen years of age, rendered in San Francisco,under the Act in relation to the In dustrial School.

We find that the defendant is under the age of fourteen years, and that he has committed an act which, if committed by a person of responsible age, would warrant a conviction of the offence alleged in the indictment.

Special Verdicts in Probate Matters, certified to the District Court for Jury Trial.

In answer to the question, Is C. B., the person styling herself Sarah Hope, in the opposition to the issuance of letters of administration, the surviving wife of Bartemas Hope, deceased? We say, Yes.

We find that the said promissory note was not made and executed by the intestate, Alexander Broom, in his lifetime and delivered to the said Peter Joram, for a valuable consideration, and that said promissory note is not a valid claim against the said estate.

VERDICTS IN CIVIL CASES.

In Action for Damages.

We find for defendant, [or, for plaintiff, damages $ or, for plaintiff against defendant, C. D., damages $

and verdict for the defendant E. F.;] [or, if it be a special verdict, insert the same at length.]

Verdict, with Assessment of Value of Personal Property.

We find, [as in the preceding forms, and then add:] and the jury assess the value of the said [mention the property in ques

tion] at dollars. [If necessary add: and they further assess the damages of the said defendant by occasion of the delivery and detention of the said property, at

dollars.]

Verdict where Personal Property is in Question.

We find the title of the horse in question to be in the plaintiff, and assess the value thereof at one hundred dollars.

In Cases of Lunacy, &c.

We find that A. B. is a lunatic, of unsound mind, and incapable of managing or conducting his affairs [or, that A. B. was of unsound mind] at the time of the execution of the will [or, deed] in question, to wit: on the

day of

18 and incompetent to execute the same; [or, that A. B. was of unsound mind, and incompetent to contract matrimony, at the time of the solemnization of the marriage to E. D., to wit: on the

day of

18

In Action for Recovery of Real Property.

We find the title of the land in question to be in the plaintiff; [or, defendant; if there is a claim for the mesne profits add:] and assess the damages for withholding the said premises, against the defendant, at dollars and six cents costs.

Form of Polling the Jury.

[Begin with the first name on the panel, as in criminal actions.] A. B., you say you find [as the verdict may be: after the answer is given then call the next juror], C. D., is that your verdict? [Proeeed in this manner through the list, and when all have answered, say] Then, gentlemen of the jury, hearken to your verdict, as the court has recorded it. You say you find [as the verdict may be], and so you say all.

Entry of Default.

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Clerk's Office of the District Court of the 12th Judicial District, In this action, the defendants, John Smith and William Brown, having been regularly served with process, as appears by the papers on file herein, and having failed to appear and answer the complaint of the plaintiff on file herein; and the legal delay for answering having expired, the defaults of the said defendants,