State v. Jacob

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Justice McIver.

In this case the defendants were indicted for receiving stolen goods, exceeding the value of twenty dollars, knowing them to have been stolen. When the case was called for trial the Circuit Judge directed that the defendants be arraigned, and announced that they were each entitled to twenty peremptory challenges. After each of the defendants had peremptorily challenged two of the jurors presented, the judge reconsidered his ruling and held that the defendants were each entitled to only five peremptory challenges, to which ruling…