(705 ILCS 305/13) (from Ch. 78, par. 13)
Sec. 13.
When by reason of challenge in the selection of a jury for the
trial of any cause, or by reason of the sudden sickness or absence of any
juror for any cause, the regular panel is exhausted, the court may direct
the sheriff to summon a sufficient number of persons having the
qualifications of jurors to fill the panel for the pending trial, but upon
objection by either party to the cause to the sheriff summoning a
sufficient number of persons to fill the panel, the court shall appoint a
special bailiff to summon such person: Provided, the same person shall not
be appointed special bailiff more than once in sixty days. Any person who
seeks the position of a juror, or who asks any attorney or other officer of
the court or other person to secure his selection as a juryman, shall be
deemed guilty of a contempt of court, and be fined not exceeding twenty
dollars ($20), and shall thereby be disqualified from serving as a juror
for sixty days thereafter, and such fact shall be sufficient ground for
challenge. Any attorney or party to a suit pending for trial who shall
request or solicit the placing of any person upon a jury, shall be deemed
guilty of a contempt of the court and be fined not exceeding one hundred
dollars ($100.00), and the person so sought to be put upon the jury shall
be disqualified to serve as a juror for sixty days.
(Source: Laws 1933, p. 684.)
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