McQuillen v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Washington circuit court. Coaltee, J. The record in this case discloses the following facts, to wit: On the 13th day of September, 1845, the clerk of the circuit court, and the sheriff of Washington county, drew from the box containing the names of persons liable to sit on juries, the names of thirty-six persons to attend and serve as jurors at the October term, 1845, of the circuit court of Washington county ; that a writ of venire facias was issued, and the same…
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Error to Washington circuit court. Coaltee, J. The record in this case discloses the following facts, to wit: On the 13th day of September, 1845, the clerk of the circuit court, and the sheriff of Washington county, drew from the box containing the names of persons liable to sit on juries, the names of thirty-six persons to attend and serve as jurors at the October term, 1845, of the circuit court of Washington county ; that a writ of venire facias was issued, and the same was returned executed. «At the October term the sheriff and clerk drew from the persons summoned, who were present at the…
1Opinion of the Court
Sharkey, C. J.:
The plaintiff in error was indicted for an assault committed *364with intent to rob, and found guilty on the first and third counts, and not guilty on the second and fourth. The case is brought up on a writ of error, and a number of errors are now assigned for reversing the judgment. "We shall proceed to consider of the sufficiency of such as seem to require to be noticed.
1st. It is said that the record does not show that the grand jury were charged. It is the duty of the circuit courts to charge the grand jury, when empanelled, in regard to the nature of the duty which they are…
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