After getting up at 6:30 am (blurgh!) I managed to get to the court on time.<\/p>\n
For the morning session I sat in the juror’s waiting area, read my book,
\nlooked at the walls and 3.75 hours later we were told that those of us not
\npicked for a jury so far could go to lunch and come back at 2pm.<\/p>\n
Lunch was spent wandering around Oxford trying to find a cheapish place to
\neat. I finally picked Aunty May’s Pasty shop where I had a very disappointing
\nPork and Apple pasty which was mostly apple. This made me feel a little queezy
\nas I was already very tired from getting up so early and being litterally
\nbored sick.<\/p>\n
I then popped over to Starbucks in Cornmarket to get some stimulant before returning to the court.<\/p>\n
I then sat, waited and read until 3:05pm when I and 14 other people were
\ntold that we had been picked as floating jurors for a case tomorrow and that
\nwe could go home for the day. The poor people who had been picked almost
\nat the beginning of the day for a case had to still wait as all the stuff
\nbefore their case had overrun and overrun, so I was rather lucky.<\/p>\n
Anyway, it seems that tomorrow I start being a juror properly.. that’s assuming
\nI’m picked for the final jury out of the 15 selected.<\/p>\n
On the whole, today’s been a waste of time for all those who were called
\nfor duty as only 12 people actually went into a court room, and they were
\ncontinuing a trial from last week!<\/p>\n
I can see why the court system is gumming up with cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After getting up at 6:30 am (blurgh!) I managed to get to the court on time. For the morning session I sat in the juror’s waiting area, read my book, looked at the walls and 3.75 hours later we were … Continue reading