talesman

A member of a jury panel chosen from bystanders when a regularly summoned jury turns out to be insufficient in number for a scheduled trial.

The author or relater of a tale.

In law, a person summoned to act as a juror from among the bystanders in open court.

A person called to make up a deficiency in the number of jurors when a tales is awarded.

Someone summoned to a jury when a tales is awarded, to make up numbers.

The author or relater of a tale; storyteller; a speaker of tales (male).