Butler v. State

Citations

• 102 Miss. 575
• 59 So. 845

Syllabus

<p>1. Petit Juey. Instructions. By court. Impanelment.</p> <p>The statute authorizes and requires judges of the circuit court to charge grand juries, hut there is no law which authorizes the judge to lecture petit juries and circuit judges should be extremely careful about making speeches to petit jurors.</p> <p>2. Same.</p> <p>Unauthorized generalization of the judge about enforcing the law, spoken to jurors at some time other than at the trial of the complaining party will not require the panel to be quashed, nor justify the reversal of a case.</p>