Alfred v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Hinds circuit court. Watts, J. The plaintiff in error was indicted in the court below for the murder of one Coleman. He was arraigned and plead not guilty. A special venire was drawn, from which a jury was selected for the trial of the prisoner. The prisoner moved to quash this venire, because it was not taken from the body of the county of Hinds, and for other reasons.
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Error to Hinds circuit court. Watts, J. The plaintiff in error was indicted in the court below for the murder of one Coleman. He was arraigned and plead not guilty. A special venire was drawn, from which a jury was selected for the trial of the prisoner. The prisoner moved to quash this venire, because it was not taken from the body of the county of Hinds, and for other reasons. On the trial of this motion, it was admitted by the district attorney that the names of H. Simmons, C. Hardy, M. Blake, and S. Lenity, had been returned by the assessor of taxes as persons liable to jury service in…
1Opinion of the Court
Harris, J.:
The plaintiff in error was indicted, tried and convicted in the county of Hinds, for the murder of one Coleman.
Under the act of the legislature, approved 2d December, 1858, dividing the county of Hinds into two districts, for the purpose of holding the circuit courts of said county, the special venire drawn and summoned for the trial of said case was composed of jurors residing in the second district of said county alone, the jurors residing in the first district having been excluded, when drawn from said venire by the cleric and sheriff.
Before the case was called for trial, a…
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