First Panel Sheriffs Jury (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Small quarto. Blank leaves bound in full indigo morocco decorated in gilt and stamped "First Panel Sheriffs Jury" on front board. Boards rubbed and worn, but sound and otherwise very good. The "Sheriffs Jury" in Manhattan was a curious quasi-official organization and social club made up of wealthy and prominent New Yorkers who met periodically to determine non-criminal questions (mostly matters of inheritance or libel) referred to them by the Sheriff of New York. They were exempted from all other jury service, and it became a haven for well-heeled businessmen. They were perhaps best-known for their extremely lavish annual dinners (accounts of which abound in the archives of *The New York Times*). The First Panel of Sheriffs Jurors alternated meeting (after usual business hours) with a Second Panel, that met in the other months. This ledger is a list of prominent New Yorkers and the record of their attendance at meetings over a period of 20 years.