- most
common type of
governing body for a
parish is the
police jury (French: le
jury de
police).
Louisiana is
divided into
parishes for
units of local...
- or judgment. Most
trial juries are "petit
juries", and
usually consist of
twelve people. A
larger jury known as a
grand jury has been used to investigate...
-
ecclesiastical parishes. Thirty-eight
parishes are
governed by a
council called a
police jury. The
remaining 26 have
various other forms of government, including:...
-
Parish was led by a
police jury, but it had only
limited authority within the City of New Orleans. In 1822, when the
police jury began to be
elected po****rly...
- who had sued for
damages because of
police brutality. A
separate suit by Grant's
father did not
result in a
jury award, as it was
decided that due to...
-
Civil War. In July 1861, at the
start of the war, the
Bossier Parish Police Jury appropriated $35,000 for the
benefit of
Confederate volunteers and their...
- Law & Order:
Trial by
Jury is an
American legal drama television series about criminal trials set in New York City. It was the
fourth series in **** Wolf's...
- DeRidder, LA
Micropolitan Statistical Area. The
governing body is by the
police jury system.
Until 1762, the land that
would eventually become Beauregard...
-
concern over the decline. Jim Bonsall, the
president of the
Webster Parish Police Jury, the
parish governing body,
cited the
ending of the
Haynesville Shale...
- met at a
private home near present-day
Chloe to
organize as the
parish police jury representing six wards. The
first order of
business was to
elect officers...
