State v. Rosenberg

Defendant was convicted of the crime of receiving stolen goods from two men, Wall and Willard. He appeals from >the judgment and sentence.

The jury that convicted him was composed of both women and men. Defendant contends that women are not eligible for jury service under the Constitution of this state, and that therefore the jury was not a lawful jury. G. S. 1913, § TOGO, defined a petit jury as a body of “twelve men.” Chapter 365, p. 549, Laws 1921, amends this so as to read “twelve men or women or both.” The contention is that this statute, insofar as it qualifies women as petit jurors, is…