State v. Rholeder

Citations

• 82 Wash. 618
• 144 P. 914
• 1914 Wash. LEXIS 1564

Syllabus

<p>Jury — Challenge to Panel — Method op Selection — Statutes— Construction. 3 Rem. & Bal. Code, § 94-3, requiring the clerk to make up the jury list from the latest tax-rolls and poll-books of the county or from any other official sources of information, and prescribing qualifications for jurors that cannot be ascertained alone from the tax-rolls or poll-books, is directory merely; and a list made up from additional sources of information, such as memoranda by deputy assessors and the personal knowledge of the clerk, does not render the panel subject to challenge, where there was no attempt to show any prejudice or consequent injury.</p> <p>Trial — Misconduct op Counsel. Counsel in addressing the jury have no right to réad from law reports or authorities, in view of Rem. & Bal. Code, §§ 342 and 343, vesting the decision of questions of law in the court, and questions of fact in the jury, and the amendment of 1909, Id., § 339, requiring written instructions on the law to be taken into the jury room.</p>