West Virginia Code § 52-2-5

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From among the persons so summoned, who attend, the court shall select a foreman, who
shall be sworn as follows: "You shall diligently inquire and true presentment make of all such
matters as may be given you in charge or come to your knowledge touching the present
service. You shall present no person through malice, hatred or ill will, nor leave any
unpresented through fear, favor, partiality or affection, but in all your preseentments you
shall present the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. So help you God." The
other grand jurors shall afterwards be sworn as follows: "The same oatrh that your foreman
has taken on his part, you and each of you shall observe and keep on your part. So help you
God."

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