House v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Hbom the circuit court, first district, Panola county. HoN. William A. HoaNE, Judge. House, appellant, was indicted and tried for and convicted of' unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors. One of the petit jurors who was empanneled to and did try him was a member of the-grand jury which at a former term of the court preferred the indictment. On his voir dire examination he affirmed that he was not on the grand jury which found the indictment.
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Hbom the circuit court, first district, Panola county. HoN. William A. HoaNE, Judge. House, appellant, was indicted and tried for and convicted of' unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors. One of the petit jurors who was empanneled to and did try him was a member of the-grand jury which at a former term of the court preferred the indictment. On his voir dire examination he affirmed that he was not on the grand jury which found the indictment. The fact that he was on the grand jury which preferred the indictment' ■was unknown to the defendant, and his attorneys until after the return of the…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitexeld, C. J.
In this case a member of the grand jury which found the indictment in this case sat upon the petit jury which tried the appellant. It was held in Beason v. State, 34 Miss. 604, that this was fatal error. Reversed and remanded.
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