774.15 Supplying deficiency in number of jurors. Sec. 15. If any of the jurors named in the venire fail to appear in court, or if there is a legal objection to a juror who appears, the municipal court shall supply the deficiency by directing any police officer of the city who is present and disinterested, to summon as a juror any of the bystanders or others who may be competent as jurors and against whom a cause of challenge does not appear. History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17440 ;-- CL 1948, 774.15 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981 Former Law: See section 11 of Ch. 94 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 3934; CL 1871, § 5535; How., § 7102; CL 1897, § 1029; and CL 1915, § 15779.
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