Section 767.8 - Grand jury; juror; grounds for discharge; summoning new juror. - Michigan Statutes

THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (EXCERPT)
Act 175 of 1927

767.8 Grand jury; juror; grounds for discharge; summoning new juror.

Sec. 8.

Any court in which a grand jury may be sitting, may discharge any of the grand jurors for intoxication or other gross misconduct; and in case of such discharge, or in case of the sickness, death or non-attendance of any grand juror, after he shall have been sworn, the court may cause another juror to be summoned from among the bystanders, or inhabitants of the city, township or village having the qualifications required by law, and to be sworn and to serve in his stead.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17222 ;-- CL 1948, 767.8
Former Law: See section 1 of Ch. 164 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 6010; CL 1871, § 7879; How., § 9490; CL 1897, § 11875; and CL 1915, § 15702.