Cleveland v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Erom the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. O. J. Semmes. The defendant in this case, Ulysses Cleveland, was indicted for the murder of Arthur Glennon, by shooting him with a pistol; was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of twelve years. No objection was reserved on the trial, so far as the record shows, to the special venire, or to the organization of the jury.
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Erom the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. O. J. Semmes. The defendant in this case, Ulysses Cleveland, was indicted for the murder of Arthur Glennon, by shooting him with a pistol; was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of twelve years. No objection was reserved on the trial, so far as the record shows, to the special venire, or to the organization of the jury. It appeared on the trial, as the bill of exceptions shows, that the homicide was committed on the night of February 2, 1888, in the city of Mobile, near…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
In the organization and impanelling of the jury in this case, no objections were made, nor exceptions reserved in the court below. It is objected before us, that when the defendant was put on trial, the venire from which the jury was to be chosen, was not the venire the law contemplates and requires in such cases.
On Friday, June 22, the case was set for trial on Monday, *6July 2; and an order was made for one hundred jurors, including the regular panel, to be summoned to appear before the court on that day, “and that a list of said jurors, and a copy of the indictment, be served on the…
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