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        "text": "Clendenin, J.\nThomas Harper was indicted in the circuit court of Sebastian county for the crime of larceny; was tried by a jury and found guilty; he moved in arrest of judgment and for a new trial, and the .motion being overruled, he excepted to the opinion and judgment of the circuit court, and appealed.\nThe only question raised by the record in this case, is as to the manner of swearing the jury. The transcript of the record before ns says, the jury \u201cwere sworn and impaneled, and took their place in the jury box.\u201d This manner of swearing a jury is clearly erroneous. This court, in the case of Patterson v. The State, 7 Ark., 59, have indicated the form of oath to be administered to juries in criminal cases, and that form should be complied with. In the case of Bell v. The State, 10 Ark., 540, this court also say: \u201cThe record shows that the jury were sworn only \u2018to try the issue joined.\u2019 This was irregular. They should also have been sworn 'to give a true verdict according to law and evidence. Had it been stated on the record that the jury were duly or regularly sworn, we would have presumed that the oath had been property administered.\u201d See, also, the cases of Sanford v. The State, 11 Ark., 328, and Bivens v. The State, 11 Ark., 455.\nFor the error indicated in the manner of swearing the jury, in this ease, the case must be reversed and remanded to the circuit court, with directions to that court to grant the appellant a new trial.",
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        "author": "Clendenin, J."
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    "head_matter": "Harper v. The State.\nOr a trial for larcerny, tlie record states that the jury \u201cwere sworn and impaneled, and took their places in the jury box;\u201d held, that the manner of swearing the jury was erroneous.\nAppeal from Sebastian Circuit Court.\nHon. A. N. Hargrove, Circuit Judge."
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