Bristow v. State

Upon an indictment charging him with the offense of murder in the first degree, this appellant was tried and convicted of manslaughter in the first degree; the jury fixed his punishment at imprisonment for the term of one year and one day, whereupon he was duly sentenced by the court for that term to imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The defendant being charged by indictment for a capital felony, the court, in pursuance to section 8644 of the 19-23 Code, made an order commanding the sheriff to summon 80 persons, including those drawn on the regular juries, for the trial of this case. Copy of…