M Civ JI 97.51 Bailiff’s Oath

Do you solemnly swear that you will, to the best of your ability, keep the persons sworn as jurors in this trial from separating from each other, that you will not permit any communication to be made to them, or to any of them, orally or otherwise, that you will not communicate with them, or with any of them, orally or otherwise, except upon the order of this Court, or to ask them if they have agreed upon a verdict, until they shall be discharged, and that you will not, before they render their verdict, communicate to any person the state of their deliberations or the verdict they have agreed upon?

History

M Civ JI 97.51 was added March 2005.