Case Name: The State vs. Isham Miles
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1880
Citations: 1 Mann. Unrep. Cas. 180
Docket Number: No. 6866
Parties: The State vs. Isham Miles.
Judges: 
Reporter: Unreported cases heard and determined by the Supreme Court of Louisiana, from January 8, 1877, to April, 1880
Volume: 1
Pages: 180–180

Head Matter:
No. 6866.
The State vs. Isham Miles.
The Act oí 1877, Sees. Acts, p. 55, which confers upon the district judges the power to appoint jury commissioners, is constitutional, the duty thus imposed upon them being judicial.
Appeal from the District Court for Franklin. Smith, J.
The Attorney-General for the State. A. W. Moore and Boatner & Elam for Defendant.
The defendant was convicted of larceny and sentenced to hard labour for two years, and moved in arrCst that the Act of 1877, Sess. Acts. p. 55, under which the jury was drawn, was unconstitutional in that it conferred upon the district judges the power to appoint jury commissioners, and this was in violation of Art. 82, Const. 1868, which forbade any duties or functions being attached to the judges but such as are judicial.

Opinion:
De Blanc, J.,
delivered the opinion, affirming the judgment.