also some professions could claim an exemption - certainly civil servants could and were expected to. Ros ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Wilkes" <JeremyWilkes@compuserve.com> To: <SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 12:26 AM Subject: [SoG] qualification for jury service? > The only criterion (apart from eligibility to vote) that applied to any > register for which I submitted a form was that of age. If you were over > the age limit, you did not get a "J", and if you were below it you did. > Being under the age limit, I received two jury summonses while I was > ineligible for professional reasons. It was up to me to return the summons > saying why I was not eligible (or, as the case might be, exempt or > disqualified). > > However, I recall that at an earlier time there was provision for > identifying householders, I think by requiring their names to be placed > first on the form. If I remember correctly, the first-named was taken to > be the householder (and therefore liable under the law at that time) unless > it was made clear that there were joint householders. > > Jeremy Wilkes >