State v. Nelson

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Jones.

At the January term of the Court of General Sessions for Laurens county, the defendant was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced. When the case was called for trial, defendant’s- counsel moved to quash the indictment and also to quash the venire on the ground that the grand and petit jurors were illegally drawn, in that the sheriff, without authority of law, assisted the county auditor and county treasurer in drawing said venire. Judge Gage overruled the motion and the exceptions relate solely to this ruling.

The appellant having…