Case ID: blackf_6/html/0494-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

*Jackson and Others v. The State.
    J uby.—A verdict in a criminal case fór the State, “found by a jury consisting of elever men, is erroneous.
    
    ERROR to the Dearborn Circuit Court.
    
      A.-Lane, for the plaintiffs.
    
      J. Dumont, for the State.
    
      
      
         Brown v. The State, 16 Ind., 496.
    
   SuixjvaN, J.

The plaintiffs in error were indicted for a riot. Plea, not guilty. "Verdict of guilty, and judgment on the verdict.

This judgment must be reversed. It appears from the transcript of the record, that the jury that tried the cause was composed of eleven men only, and not twelve as the law requires. This is a fatal defect on writ of error. 1 Chitt. Or. Law, 505. ■

Per Curiam.—The judgment is reversed. Cause remanded for another trial.