# Law court grabs 50 people from the mall to look for jurors **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 18, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-court-grabs-50-people-from-the-mall-to-look-for-jurors/966438 "2022-06-18T22:59:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-court-grabs-50-people-from-the-mall-to-look-for-jurors/966438/1 "2022-06-18T22:59:24Z")
I… had no idea they could do this. > **[50 Calgarians summoned from mall for immediate jury selection | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/summons-immediate-calgary-jury-selection-1.6493797)** > > Dozens of Calgarians were summoned for jury selection — immediately — during lunch hour at a downtown Calgary mall this week, invoking a rare law procedure imported from England.  ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-court-grabs-50-people-from-the-mall-to-look-for-jurors/966438/2 "2022-06-18T23:27:50Z")
And yet if someone dragged the judge home to babysit their kids, he’d be all kinds of upset. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-court-grabs-50-people-from-the-mall-to-look-for-jurors/966438/3 "2022-06-19T02:00:28Z")
It’s happened a number of times before. Judges have a lot of latitude when a trial is ready to go. > **[Oregon judge tries dialing, rounding up jurors](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/oregon-judge-tries-dialing-rounding-up-jurors/)** > > EUGENE, Ore. — A juror shortage forced a judge to look through a phone book before sending sheriff's deputies out into the street to round up enough people for a trial. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-court-grabs-50-people-from-the-mall-to-look-for-jurors/966438/4 "2022-06-19T02:37:12Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > And yet if someone dragged the judge home to babysit their kids, he’d be all kinds of upset. I had no idea that babies have a constitutional right to be baby-sat by a judge. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-court-grabs-50-people-from-the-mall-to-look-for-jurors/966438/5 "2022-06-19T02:46:24Z")
Gotta tell you, we had Judge Judy sit for our kids just twice, and she scared 'em straight, all right. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-court-grabs-50-people-from-the-mall-to-look-for-jurors/966438/6 "2022-06-19T05:46:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Balfour Der, criminal law defence attorney and criminal law textbook author, said the procedure that was invoked on Thursday is called Talesman, and it was imported to Canada from England. “Hello, boss? I’m gonna be late coming back from lunch. Balfour Der has invoked a Writ of Talesman upon me. No, I haven’t been watching Game of Thrones.” ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-court-grabs-50-people-from-the-mall-to-look-for-jurors/966438/7 "2022-06-19T06:11:10Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “Hello, boss? I’m gonna be late coming back from lunch. Balfour Der has invoked a Writ of Talesman upon me. No, I haven’t been watching Game of Thrones.” LOL. Could you imagine that happening to a couple guys who are active duty military and hitting the mall for lunch or something? Actually, military and dependents are in a sort of citizenship/resident limbo. While mrAru was active duty, neither of us had to change our licenses to Connecticut - which got the state police dude who pulled me over in a bit of trouble, he issued me a citation for not having a CT drivers license though my Virginia license had the CT address change =) As far as the government cared, I was still a resident of Virginia. He also tried citing me for only having a lap belt, my IH Scout was a ragtop [well, actually no top, we had just pulled the top off to bang out some dents and repaint it, but the vehicle was designed with 3 tops available, rag top, pickup truck top and Bronco-esq SUV top. It only came with a lap belt.] ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-court-grabs-50-people-from-the-mall-to-look-for-jurors/966438/8 "2022-06-19T06:41:07Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “Hello, boss? I’m gonna be late coming back from lunch. Balfour Der has invoked a Writ of Talesman upon me. No, I haven’t been watching Game of Thrones.” I know _I’ll_ be more aware of my surroundings from now on… ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-court-grabs-50-people-from-the-mall-to-look-for-jurors/966438/9 "2022-06-21T13:28:10Z")
Next up: Following an old British tradition, press gangs arrive at malls to capture seamen for the Calgarian Navy. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-court-grabs-50-people-from-the-mall-to-look-for-jurors/966438/10 "2022-06-21T13:34:12Z")
Don’t be absurd. As Calgary is landlocked, I assume they would impress their seamen from the riverwalk. But certainly not the mall. Unless the mall is part of the riverwalk…