Jackson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Indictment for Murder. From the Circuit Court of Pike. Tried before the lion. John P. Hubbard. The defendant in this caset, Stephen Jackson, was indicted for the murder of Joseph Bragg, by shooting him with a gun ; was tried on issue joined on the plea of not guilty, convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of ten years.
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Indictment for Murder. From the Circuit Court of Pike. Tried before the lion. John P. Hubbard. The defendant in this caset, Stephen Jackson, was indicted for the murder of Joseph Bragg, by shooting him with a gun ; was tried on issue joined on the plea of not guilty, convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of ten years. When the case was called for trial, as the bill of exceptions states, “ the defendant objected to being put on his trial, because he had not been served with a list of jurors, according to the order of the court in this case and…
1Opinion of the Court
CLOPTON, J.-
-The court made an order, setting a day for the trial of the cause, and commanding the sheriff “to summon one hundred persons, qualified citizens of this county, including those summoned on the regular juries for the week,” and to serve a list of the jurors on the defendant, one entire day before the day set for the trial. When the case was called, the defendant objected to being put on trial, on the ground, that a list of the jurors had not been served on him according to the order of the court; and, in support of his objection, made known to the court that, in organizing the…
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