Kemp v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the Circuit Court of Sumter. Tried before the Hon. Sam. H. Sprott. The indictment in this case was found at the April term, 1889, and contained two counts; the first charging the defendant, Jeff. Kemp, a freedman, with the larceny of one hog, the personal property of Tom White; and the second, with the larceny of two hogs.
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From the Circuit Court of Sumter. Tried before the Hon. Sam. H. Sprott. The indictment in this case was found at the April term, 1889, and contained two counts; the first charging the defendant, Jeff. Kemp, a freedman, with the larceny of one hog, the personal property of Tom White; and the second, with the larceny of two hogs. The judgment-entry on the organization of the court, at that term, contains a recital in these words: “It appearing to the court that the Board of Jury Commissioners have failed to draw grand and petit jurors to serve at the present term of the court, the sheriff is…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
By section 17 of an act “To more effectually secure competent and well qualified jurors in the several counties of this State”' — -Acts 1886-7, pp. 151 to 158 — all laws then in force in relation to jurors, their drawing, selecting or qualification, not in conflict with the provisions of the act, are continued in full force and effect. The act contains no provision for the organization of juries, in the event the officers charged with the duty of drawing and selection, should fail to perform it, and hence no juries be provided for any term of the Circuit Court; nor does it contain any…
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