Thomas v. State

Section 8606 of the Code provides that “The [jury] commission must not allow initials only to be used for a juror’s name, but one full Christian name or given name, shall in every case be used,” in making up the jury rolls and filling the jury box.

The copy of the venire served on the defendants contained 85 names, twenty of which showed no given name, but only the initials of the veniremen preceding their surnames. Defendants moved to quash the venire on that ground, and also objected to proceeding to trial on that venire.

Prior to the statute referred to (Acts 1909, p. 305, § 14), this court…