Bruce v. State

All the objections made to the manner of impaneling of the jury have been overruled by the reasoning applied in the cases, Sullivan v. State, 155 Miss. 629, 125 So. 115, and Harris v. State, 155 Miss. 794, 125 So. 253, except perhaps as to the two following complaints made by appellant: (1) That the judge, instead of the sheriff, called some of the talesmen from among those present in the courthouse; and (2) that thereafter the judge directed the sheriff to go to a neighboring village and there procure a sufficient number to complete the jury.

Under the common law, talesmen were always…