Mason v. Culbert

Citations

• 108 Cal. 247
• 41 P. 464
• 1895 Cal. LEXIS 851

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law—Compensation of Jurors—Suspension of Trial—Excuse from Attendance. —Jurors are entitled to compensation from the county for attendance, in a criminal cause in which they are impaneled, for every day of actual attendance upon the court; but they are not entitled to the per diem during any period for which the trial is suspended, owing to the sickness of jurors, or other cause, during which they are excused from attendance upon the court, with the opportunity to be engaged in their ordinary avocations.</p> <p>Id.—Nature of Per Diem of Juror.—The per diem provided by statute for the attendance of a juror upon the court is not intended to be in the nature of a salary, or as wages for trying the cause, but rather as a compensation for the time during which he is withdrawn from his ordinary avocation, and in actual attendance upon the court.</p>