Ellis v. State

Appellant was indicted and convicted at the November, 1924, term of the circuit court of Leake county of the crime of manslaughter in taking the life of Malcolm Stewart, from which judgment he appeals to this court.

In due time, appellant made a motion to quash the entire jury panel for the term of court at which he was tried, which, of course, included the grand jury, upon the ground that their names had been drawtn from what purported to be the regular five jury boxes provided for by law, when, in truth and in fact, there were no valid jury lists in the boxes from which to draw* the grand…