Kimbrough v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Chambers Circuit Court, Tried before Hon. James E. Cobb. The appellant was indicted for the murder of one Henry Lett, and' the list of jurors for his trial, which was duly served on him, contained the regular jurors for the week. In drawing the jury for his trial, the third name and others were those on a regular jury then engaged in the trial of another cause.
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Appeal from Chambers Circuit Court, Tried before Hon. James E. Cobb. The appellant was indicted for the murder of one Henry Lett, and' the list of jurors for his trial, which was duly served on him, contained the regular jurors for the week. In drawing the jury for his trial, the third name and others were those on a regular jury then engaged in the trial of another cause. The judge ordered the names of these jurors, as they were drawn, laid aside, and that others be drawn in their stead. The defendant objected, and insisted that they should be called from the jury room and put upon the…
1Opinion of the CourtManning, J.
Appellant was charged with the murder of one Henry Lett, and among the persons of the venue summoned to compose a jury to try him, of which a list had been duly served, were, as the statute directs, those who belonged to the regular juries of the week ; and, in drawing out the names, the third and others were some of these, who *250were then in a room in the court-house engaged, as members of a jury, in the consideration of another criminal case, which had been committed to them, under their oath, to render a true verdict therein. The judge, therefore, ordered their names, as they were…
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