Longmire v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appkal from Circuit Court of Monroe. Tried before the Hon. John 0. Andjbrson. The appellant, Joe Longmire, was indicted and tried for the murder of Cap Blunt, was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years.
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Appkal from Circuit Court of Monroe. Tried before the Hon. John 0. Andjbrson. The appellant, Joe Longmire, was indicted and tried for the murder of Cap Blunt, was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years. After the trial was entered upon and after the jury to try the defendant had been impannelled and the case had been put to the jury, by the State, the defendant moved the court to quash the venire, upon the ground that a. copy of 'the venire served upon the defendant ■was not a true copy of the original in that upon the original the name…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
A mistake in the name of a juror, either in the renire or in the list served on the defendant. is not sufficient cause to quash the venire.—Code of 1896, §5000; Kimbrell v. State, ante p. 40, and authorities there cited. Moreover, the objection was not made until after the jury of twelve to try the case had been selected and sworn. The objection came too late for any purpose.
The objection to the question asked bv the solicitor on the eross-examinaton of the defendant’s witness McNeil, was general without stating any ground and went to the interrogatory in its entirety. The question called for…
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