Michigan State News

The law of 1SS1 exemptin? liouorary members of tin state militia frora jury service, which was recently set aslde by Judge Iïu Hngame, of the superior conrt of Cï ra tul Eapids. lias bccn held to be entirely constitutional by the supremo court. It wat, clalmed that the act oonferred on military offieers power to nrliitrarily set aside the authority of the courts to compel the attendanec of qualified jnnrs, but tha Bupreme court held that when a citizen had complied with the provisions of the act he was then ezempted by law, the law, not the military officer?, flxing the exemption, and further that it vrae wholly within the power of the lejfislatnre to inake any exemptions it deemed proper 0 lonji as the right of trial by jury ni not lmpalred.