Page v. Lewis

26 Me. 360

Opinion

On a subsequent day, at the same term, it was held by the Court, Tenney J. being absent, holding the Court in the county of Washington, that a justice of a town court was not exempted by Rev. St. c. 135, § 3, from serving as a juror. That statute exempts only Judges of the “ common law courts.” The statute does not define what is to be considered a common law court, and we must therefore go to the common law for the definition. And by the common law, the town court, departing in many respects from the rules of common law, such for instance, as in the number of jurors, is not a court of common law.

The motion for a new trial is overruled.