Beverett v. State

The indictment charged murder in the first degree, and upon arraignment of the accused, the court, as the law requires, made an order fixing the number of jurors to constitute the venire to try the defendant. The number so fixed, and from which the jury was to be selected, was 71; of this number 45 were the regular jurors drawn and summoned for said week of court, and 26 were specially drawn to complete the venire. Before entering upon the trial, the defendant moved the court to quash the venire because the name of one J. Oscar Crumpler appeared twice on the- list. Upon the hearing of the…