Ford v. State

• Mb. Chief Justice Green

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal in error involves the validity of chapter 479 of the Private Acts of 1923, undertaking to amend our compulsory school laws in their application to coun*329ties having a population of not less than 23,250 and not more than 23,300 — Claiborne County. The trial judge held the act unconstitutional. The act contains the following provision:

“. . . And in case of any prosecution the defendant at all times shall select the magistrate of the civil district in which he lives to try his case, and the officer notifying or summoning such…