Bondurant v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Selma. Tried before the Hon. J. W. Mabry. The appellant, Cager Bondurant, was indicted and tried for the murder of William Lipscomb, was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years. When the case was called for trial, there was a motion made to quash the venire of- the regular juries. The grounds of this motion and the facts pertaining thereto are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from the City Court of Selma. Tried before the Hon. J. W. Mabry. The appellant, Cager Bondurant, was indicted and tried for the murder of William Lipscomb, was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years. When the case was called for trial, there was a motion made to quash the venire of- the regular juries. The grounds of this motion and the facts pertaining thereto are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The motion was overruled, and the defendant duly excepted. The evidence for the State tended to show that the defendant Avas guilty of…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
A motion was made in the court below to quash the venire of regular jurors. This motion contained numerous grounds, but the gravamen of complaint in it may be stated to be that the venire facias jwratores was issued by the clerk and register of the city court, when it should have been issued by the clerk of the circuit court, or by the clerk and register of the city court only after being furnished with a list of the names of the persons drawn to appear and serve as jurors.
Under the provisions of the act, “to provide for and regulate the selection and drawing and impanelling of grand and…
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