Tierney v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston; Edwin Y. Webb, Judge. Tom Tierney was convicted of- carrying on the business of a retail liquor dealer without paving tax, and brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The defendant, Tom Tierney, was convicted of carrying on the business of a retail liquor dealer without paying the special tax in November, 1918. At the term when he was tried the presiding judge, to facilitate business in the trial of accused persons, ordered the jurors divided into three panels of 12 each, numbered 1, 2, and 3. When a case was to be tried, one of these panels was called in the box. The clerk then examined the 12 on their oaths as to their qualifications. If any were disqualified, their places were filled from the other panels until 12 apparently…
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