Jackson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon.'Tnos. M. Arrington. The defendant in this case, George Jackson, was indicted for the murder of Adam Howard, “ by striking him with a gun,” or, as' alleged in the second count of the indictment, “ by cutting him with a razor;” and being duly arraigned, and tried on issue joined on the plea of not guilty, he was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of ten years.
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From the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon.'Tnos. M. Arrington. The defendant in this case, George Jackson, was indicted for the murder of Adam Howard, “ by striking him with a gun,” or, as' alleged in the second count of the indictment, “ by cutting him with a razor;” and being duly arraigned, and tried on issue joined on the plea of not guilty, he was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of ten years. On the trial, as the bill of exceptions states, during the organization of the jury, when the name of M. P. Blue was drawn…
1Opinion of the CourtSomekvtlle, J.
— The fact that one offered as a juror fills at the time the office of coroner furnishes no lawful ground for challenge under the laws of this State. The statute does not disqualify him from serving as a juror, but only declares that he shall be “ exempt from jury duty, unless by his own consent.” — Code, 1876, § 4734. This right of exemption is clearly a mere personal privilege, which may be claimed, or waived by him, at his option. — Spigener’s case, 62 Ala. 383. The City Court so ruled, and its action is free from all objection.
The ■ fact is sufficiently patent from the record, that the…
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