State v. Klugh

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

The defendant was convicted in the County Court of Greenwood County, in February, 1923, under an indictment charging him with violation of the State Prohibition Law (Volume 2, Code 1922, c. 20). Upon appeal to the Court of General Sessions, the judgment was affirmed. He now appeals to this Court upon the sole ground, as his counsel state in their printed argument, that the act under which the County Court was established is unconstitutional in providing for a jury of six instead of twelve men.

In view of the provisions of Article 5,…