The justice of the peace may fine any person summoned as a juror failing to attend in any sum not exceeding ten dollars; and if such person, when summoned to show cause why the fine should not be made final, shall not appear and show cause, execution shall issue for the fine and costs.Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 50, art. 10 (7); 1857, ch. 58, art. 27; 1871, § 1329; 1880, § 2225; 1892, § 2427; 1906, § 2756; Hemingway's 1917, § 2255; 1930, § 2104; 1942, § 1838.
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