Note 212 — Chapter XVII · A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF DIVORCE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903 (continued 2)
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Const. of 1877, Art. VI, secs. 4, 15, 16: N. Y. Convention Manual, Part II, Vol. I, 427, 431. Cf. Const. of 1865, Art. IV, sec. 2; 1868, Art. V, secs. 2, 3: Poore, Charters, I, 409, 420, 422.
In case of partial divorce one jury is sufficient: Const. of 1877, Art. VI, sec. 15; and such seems to have been the earlier practice: 16 Ga., 81; Code of Ga. (1882), 394, note. A juror may be challenged for "conscientious scruples" regarding divorce: Code (1882), 397. This last-named provision appears in the act of Dec. 22, 1840: Cobb, Digest (1851), 225, 226.