O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 45-16-41 (2019)
Defaulting juror to be fined by coroner
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Any juror failing to attend and serve on a coroner’s inquest after being duly summoned may be fined by the coroner in a sum not exceeding $100.00 to be levied and collected by execution issued by the coroner unless such defaulting juror shall file in the office of the judge of the probate court a good and sufficient excuse for the default to be judged by the next probate court held thereafter. (Laws 1823, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 538; Code 1863, § 4003; Code 1868, § 4031; Code 1873, § 4102; Code 1882, § 4102; Penal Code 1895, § 1260; Penal Code 1910, § 1342; Code 1933, § 21-211; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 602, § 15; Ga. L. 1984, p. 812, § 6; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1735, § 3.)
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RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. - 18 C.J.S., Coroners, § 14 et seq.