Failure of Sheriff to Summon Juror Drawn, Failure of Juror Summoned to Attend Trial, etc., Not Grounds for Quashing Venire or Continuing Case.

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  6. Failure of Sheriff to Summon Juror Drawn, Failure of Juror Summoned to Attend Trial, etc., Not Grounds for Quashing Venire or Continuing Case.

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Section 12-16-81

Failure of sheriff to summon juror drawn, failure of juror summoned to attend trial, etc., not grounds for quashing venire or continuing case.

If the sheriff fails to summon any jurors drawn or any person summoned fails or refuses to attend the trial or there is any mistake in the name of any person drawn or summoned, none nor all of these grounds shall be sufficient to quash the venire or continue the case.

(Acts 1909, No. 227, p. 305; Code 1923, §8621; Code 1940, T. 30, §37.)


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