Boychenko A.V. The order of questioning members of the jury and rendering of court decisions on the fi nal resolution of criminal cases according to the judicial statutes of November 20, 1864

Abstract: the research is conducted on the role of the jury in the court proceedings in criminal cases within a framework of a comparative analysis of the content and rules of rendering decisions in the Crown Tribunal with or without participation of jury in the course of Judicial Reforms of 1864. The basis for comparison of verdicts was the procedure of resolution of criminal cases by the first instance in the district courts of the Russian Federation. This article is dedicated to the research of the content and precepts of rendering court decisions in criminal cases in accordance with the judicial statutes of November 20, 1864. The author determines that the role of the members of the jury in rendering decisions in criminal cases was mostly defined by the fact that the “ judges of the social conscience” had a full and absolute power to rule on a case based on their own inner belief, which was not limited by any, even recommended rules.

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