State v. Butler

ODOM, Justice.

The defendant was prosecuted for assaulting another by wilfully shooting at him, a crime denounced by Section 792 of the Revised Statutes as amended by Act 9 of 1912. He was convicted as charged, sentenced to hard labor, and has appealed.

We find in the record eleven bills of exception, some of which seem to have been abandoned, as they were not discussed in - oral argument before the court and are not referred to in counsel’s brief.

Bill of Exception Number 1 was taken to the manner in which the jurors were called for service at the trial. Instead of calling the jurors by lot or…