Fowler v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beasley, Chief Justice.

The defendants were election officers, and have been convicted of the offence of conspiring to prevent and obstruct the administration of the laws of the state regulating elections.

Sundry exceptions were taken to the course of law pursued at the trial, which will be briefly noticed seriatim.

The first of these contentions was that the jury that had been struck was unconstitutional, inasmuch as the fundamental law, which declares that “the right of a trial by jury shall remain inviolate,” calls for an ordinary jury and not for a…