State v. Bobbitt

Appeal from Howard Circuit Court. — Hon. Samuel Davis, Special Judge. (1) Defendant was entitled to a speedy public trial by an impartial jury. He was entitled to a full panel of qualified jurors before be should have been required to make Ms peremptory challenges. Men who have formed an opimon from talking with witnesses or from reading the sworn evidence taken before the coroner or preliminary examination are just as ready to declare their ability to discard them and render a verdict solely on the evidence as those who have only, read newspaper reports, but experience, has taught the danger…