Surprised Shoppers Get Jury Summonses - VGF

***Ynot Shane*** · 04-02-2008, 04:30 PM

LIMA, Ohio (AP) -- A judge who ran out of prospective jurors in a child rape trial sent sheriff's deputies to a Wal-Mart, a supermarket and a mall to issue jury summonses to surprised shoppers....

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***CaptHayfever*** · 04-02-2008, 04:53 PM

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Three deputies questioned mall walkers and shoppers whether they were Allen County residents and registered voters, and then issued summonses on the spot if answers to both questions were 'yes,' sheriff's Sgt. Brian Winegardner said.

This sounds like it would be really easy to get out of....
"Are you an Allen County resident?"
"Yes."
"Are you a registered voter?"
"Yes."
"Well, then, this is your jury summons. What's your name?"
"...John Smith."

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Metal Man · 04-02-2008, 05:23 PM

Isn't the plural of summon summons, not summonses? It just looks wrong to me as summonses.

***Ace Mercury*** · 04-02-2008, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Metal Man

Isn't the plural of summon summons, not summonses? It just looks wrong to me as summonses.

It's one summons, many summonses. A summons is a command to summon, I guess =/

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