Litford v. State

Citations

• 93 Miss. 419
• 46 So. 246

Syllabus

<p>Juries. Board of supervisors. Code 1906, § 2718. Jury laws directory. Code 1906, § 2688. List of persons to serve. Venire. Quashing.</p> <p>While, under Code 1906, § 2718, so providing, all statutory provisions on the subject of juries are directory merely, the selection of persons to serve as jurors by the board of supervisors will be unwarranted, and a venire drawn therefrom should be quashed if the board make the selection according to its will, wholly ignoring Code 1906, § 2688, providing that it shall annually at its first meeting in each year select and make a list of electors to serve as jurors in the circuit court for the ensuing year, taking them, as near as conveniently can be done, from the several supervisor’s districts of the county in proportion to the number of qualified persons in each, excluding those who have served as regular jurors within two years next before the selection.</p>