In re Woffenden

By Court,

Tweed, C. J.:

In the matter of the petition of Richard Woffenden for a writ of mandamus against the board of supervisors of Pima county, all the material facts set forth in the petition are admitted by the answer of the respondents. They are substantially as follows:

At the October term of the district court held in and for the county of Pima, for the year A. d. 1874, the chief justice ordered a venire to issue for the summoning of trial jurors for the term. Of those summoned and in attendance during the term, certain jurors were excused from daily attendance for a portion of the term…