Grand Jury (Ireland) Act, 1837

6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 116. s. 5.

Grand jury may appoint last meeting of presentment sessions to be held where they deem expedient.

14. And whereas in the said recited Act it is enacted, that it shall be lawful for the several grand juries in Ireland and they are thereby required at each assizes to appoint by presentment certain places within their respective counties, viz., one in each barony or half barony, where, and certain times when, presentment sessions shall be successively holden previous to the next assizes for such counties respectively, for the purposes set forth in said recited Act; and said recited Act enacts, that such presentment shall appoint the last meeting of such sessions to be holden in the county court house: And whereas in many counties in Ireland the county court house is not centrally situated in regard to the county: Be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the several grand juries, and they are hereby required, to appoint by presentment the last meeting of such sessions to be holden either in the county court house or such other court house or place as they may deem most conveniently situated for the purpose; and the presentment sessions for the county at large shall be holden there; any words in the said recited Act to the contrary notwithstanding.