CHAPTER 164
An Act to amend and reenact § 19-186 of the Code of Virginia, relating to
jurors in certain cases.
[(S 107]
Approved March 6, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
a That § 19-186 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:
§ 19-186. No person residing within two miles of the place where
the crime is alleged to have been committed shall be allowed to serve
as a juror in any felony case in the circuit court of any county; pro-
vided, however, that the impanelling of such a juror shall not be cause
for summoning a new panel, or for setting aside a verdict or granting a
new trial, unless objection thereto specifically pointed out is made before
the jury is sworn; and provided further, however, that such a juror may
be impanelled and serve in any county having a population in excess of
ninety-five thousand.