State v. Harrison
State v. Harrison
Opinion of the Court
Convicted of carnal knowledge of an unmarried woman under the age of 18 with her consent, the accused has appealed.
When his case was called for trial at 11 o’clock a. m., no jurors were at hand. Some were serving on two juries already impaneled, and the rest had been excused until 1 o’clock. Although, because of the absence of the jurors, defendant objected to going to trial, the judge required the case to be proceeded with. But after five names had been successively drawn from the venire box, and the five jurors successively called and failed to appear, the judge recessed over to 1 o’clock. Defendant then objected to the names which had been drawn from the venire box at 11 o’clock being put back therein.
Judgment affirmed.
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- (Syllabus by Editorial Staff.j 1. Jury Where five names were successively drawn from the venire box, and the five jurors successively called, but they failed to appear, and the judge recessed over to the afternoon-, the names which had been taken out of the box had to be restored. 2. Criminal Law Where, after all the names in the venire box had been drawn, it was discovered that by inadvertence the names of the jurors who had.been serving on other juries in the morning had not been put back into the box, which was immediately done, and the drawing proceeded with, defendant not objecting, his objection in motion for new trial came too late, as he had taken the chance of a favorable verdict.