Bullard v. State

James Bullard was convicted on the charge of bastardy, and, his motion for a new trial being overruled, he brought the case to this court for review. The only reversible error we have discovered in the record is that complained of in the ground which assigns error because the court failed to furnish the defendant with a panel, of twenty-four competent jurors from which to select a jury of twelve to try the case. Under the act creating the city court of Blackshear, the defendant has the right to demand a trial by a jury of twelve, and this demand entitles him to'a panel of twenty-four jurors…