State v. Squaires
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, the Hon. S. H. Wright presiding. The facts appear in the Opinion. The Court erred in overruling defendant’s objection to the panel, that the Sheriff had not made his return until the first day of the term.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, the Hon. S. H. Wright presiding. The facts appear in the Opinion. The Court erred in overruling defendant’s objection to the panel, that the Sheriff had not made his return until the first day of the term. (Statutes 1864-5, p. 137, sec. 3.) The Court erred in overruling the objection to the panel, that the Judge and County Assessor had failed to return the proper certificate of the drawing of the' jury as by law required. (Page 137, sec. 2, of Laws of 1864-5.) The Court erred in overruling the challenge to the panel, that it had…
1Opinion of the Court
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Lewis, O. J., Ml Bench concurring.
Before the trial jury were sworn in this case, the defendants interposed a challenge to the panel, upon the grounds: first, that the Sheriff did not make return to the venire until the first day of the term; second, because there was no certificate of the District Judge and County Assessor of the drawing of the jury as required by law; and third, because some of the jurors selected by the Judge and Assessor were not registered voters, and hence incompetent to act as jurors.
Section 3 of an Act concerning Jurors, approved February 8th, 1865, makes it…
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