People v. Dunn
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the plaintiff, The People of. the State of New York, for a special jury, pursuant to chapter 378 of the Laws of 1896, entitled “ An act providing for a special jury in criminal cases in each county of the State having a certain population, and for the mode of selecting and procuring such special juries; also creating a special jury commissioner for each of such counties and regulating and prescribing, his duties.”
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
The defendants, in support of their claim that the act in question ■is unconstitutional, seem to rely upon the following provisions of the Constitution: Section 18 of article 3, section 2 of article 1 and section 6 of article 1. As to the first, namely, that which provides that the Legislature shall not pass a private or local bill for the selecting, drawing, summoning or impaneling of grand or petit jurors, we need only say that this is not such a law. It is clearly a general law, as that term has been repeatedly defined by the Court of Appeals in an unbroken succession of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Ex Parte McCardleSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Hayes v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Stokes v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Railroad Co. v. GrantSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'n v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
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3Cited by8 opinions
- In re MontgomeryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- People v. RutherfordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Leach v. AuwellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- People Ex Rel. Crane v. . HahloNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Handy v. ButlerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
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