Kennedy v. Commonwealth

Plaintiff in error, Roy Kennedy, was tried by the police justice of the city of Norfolk, upon a warrant charging him with unlawfully operating an automobile while under the influence of intoxicants. He was found guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of one hundred dollars and costs. He appealed to the corporation court of that city. A jury was unable to agree upon a verdict on his first trial therein. When the case was again called for trial, there were in attendance and remaining in court, eleven of twelve jurors previously impaneled for the trial of felony and all other cases during the term.…