Juries (was Re: on awards)

--- On Mon, 7/30/12, Jette Goldie <jgoldie247@btinternet.com> wrote:

> I didn't realise England was so different in that
> respect.  Unless you
> actually get a trial, jury duty lasts one week in Scotland -
> and if you
> do get a trial and it ends in less than a week, you have
> finished your
> duty when it ends.

Nope. They mean two weeks here when they say two weeks. Last Monday, I was sent home at 1pm, then I was on an actual jury for a trial that started on Tuesday morning and ended late Thursday morning/early afternoon. There weren't any new trials starting on Friday, so we were sent home. The folks on that juryn in their second week of jury service were done, but those of us in our first week were told to return at 10am on Monday.

Once again, it's a Monday and I was sent home at 1pm. One trial from last week continued this morning and should end today. Another started late in the morning. Those of us not called for the latter were sent home to return tomorrow at 11am. I assume we'll be called up shortly after 11am. I really don't want to be on a trial that goes into next week. My sinus surgery is a week from Thursday and I'd like a couple of days off before it!

Scotland also has 'not proven' as a possible verdict in addition to guilty and not guilty. I wish we had that down here!

Oh, I must add that now that the Olympic sailing events are well underway, the trains to Weymouth (Dorset, not Massachusetts :) are quite crowded, more so than usual for this time of day. My train home today from Southampton ends in Weymouth and it was packed. Also, as Olympic sailing events are happening in both Weymouth and Portland (Dorset, not Maine nor Oregon :), the train now is labelled Weymouth and Portland, instead of just Weymouth. It just starttled me to see the longer listing.

Ellen, back at home eating lunch with the Olympics on the TV.