Territory of New Mexico v. Prather
New Mexico Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of Chaves County; John T. McClure, District Judge; Court erred in not selecting a jury as required by law. C. L. 1897, secs. 995, 997, 1001 and 1002; 7 How. Pr. 441. Jurynyen must be obtained from ballots, folded and placed in a box by the clerk, and not by calling the names, as they appear, in order, on the list of the special venire. Territory v. Carmody, 8 N. M. 376. Hearsay testimony is not" admissible.
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Appeal from the District Court of Chaves County; John T. McClure, District Judge; Court erred in not selecting a jury as required by law. C. L. 1897, secs. 995, 997, 1001 and 1002; 7 How. Pr. 441. Jurynyen must be obtained from ballots, folded and placed in a box by the clerk, and not by calling the names, as they appear, in order, on the list of the special venire. Territory v. Carmody, 8 N. M. 376. Hearsay testimony is not" admissible. Mitchell v. Stale, 114 Ala. 1, 22 So. —; Baldwin v. St. L. K. & N. R Co., 68 Iowa 37, 25 N. W. 918. It was imperative for the prosecution to show by…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY THE COURT.
ROBERTS, C. J. —
This is an appeal from a conviction of murder in the second degree. The regular panel of jurors having been exhausted, before completion of the trial jury, a special venire was issued, for twenty additional talesmen. The return of the sheriff showed service upon seventeen of the said*-talesmen, all of whom were placed in the box and examined as to their general qualifications to serve as jurors; four were excused for various reasons, leaving thirteen'names upon the list, qualified b-serve as jurors. The names of the thirteen jurors» so found to possess the…
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