State v. . Moore

Furches, J.:

This is an indictment for murder, and tie judge trying the case ordered a special venire and directed that it should be drawn from the jury box, under Section 1739 of The Code. In drawing this jury, upon the testimony of the sheriff and others, the judge undertook to try and determine who were and who were not freeholders. And when the name of J. H. King was drawn from the box, the judge found from the testimony of these parties, and from the fact that the tax books did not show that said King had listed any land for taxation, that he was not a freeholder, and rejected his name…