EDMONTON – Alberta sheriffs were ordered to search for potential jurors at the law courts in downtown Edmonton Thursday.
A judge issued a summons for jury duty asking sheriffs to find 40 people.
The sheriffs canvassed the streets and, in the end, one or two people were added to the jury.
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Alberta Justice says this is not a common practice.
It says it is connected to a lengthy fraud trial that is already underway.
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