State v. Lawrence
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Des Moines Distriet Court. The defendant was indicted for murder in the second degree, and upon trial was found guilty of manslaughter. lie appeals. The necessary facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
i jury • how drawn. — I. The cause was called for trial at the April Term, 1871, when the defendant interposed a challenge to the Panel? as follows: “ Said jury was not selected and drawn as prescribed by law. Said jury was selected from a list of names, and not by drawing, as prescribed in chapter 115 oí the Code of Iowa and amendments, by the officers whose duty it was to select the same,”
Thereupon the Auditor of the county was introduced, who testified that “according to the statute the list of petit jurors Was selected in the fall of 1870, from a list of 250, furnished from the different…
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