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The return of the sheriff showed service upon seventeen of the said*-talesmen, all of whom were placed in the box and examined as to their general qualifications to serve as jurors; four were excused for various reasons, leaving thirteen'names upon the list, qualified b-serve as jurors. The names of the thirteen jurors\u00bb so found to possess the general qualifications required, were not written on separate slips of paper and placed in a box and withdrawn therefrom, but were called from the list returned by the sheriff, in the order in which their names appeared upon the list. When the first name was called, appellant objected, and asked that the thirteen names be written on separate slips, placed in a box and drawn by lot. His objection was overruled and the request refused, the trial court holding that only the names of jurors upon the regular panel were required to be written upon separate slips and drawn by lot, and that the jurors upon the special venire, under the statute were required to be called from the list returned by the sheriff, in the order in which their names appeared upon the list. Appellant renewed his objection as each juror was called, and exhausted all of his peremptory challenges, and there yet remained upon the list the names of four jurors who had not been called into the jury box. Thus it will be seen that appellant is without the rule announced by the Supreme Court of Louisiana, in the case of State v. Dorsey, 40 La. Ann. 739, which is stated in the syllabus as follows:\n\u2018'An objection to the effect that the names of persons who are summoned as tales jurors were not written on ballots and placed in the venire box and drawn therefrom, but that the same were called from a list that was made out and furnished to the counsel by the sheriff, will not prevail in case it appears that the entire list was exhausted before the panel was completed.\u201d\nThe jury must be selected, empaneled and sworn in the manner required by the statute, and a material departure from the statutory method, by which a party is deprived of a substantial right is ground for reversal.\n24 Cyc. 255. Wliere the statute requires the jury to be selected by lot, all other methods are impliedly prohibited; Territory v. Carmody> 8 N. M. 376, and the right to have the jury so selected is a substantia] right, the deprivation of which must be presumed to be prejudicial to a party. A statute of Alabama required the name of each juror to be written upon a separate slip of paper, folded, placed in a box and drawn therefrom by lot. The provision was- disregarded by the trial court, and the names were called from the list returned. The Supreme Court in discussing the question say:\n\u201cOn the trial, in such a case, the statute directs how the jury shall be drawn. This statute confers certain rights upon the accused, which enable him to obtain a fair and impartial trial, * * * * * The directions thus given are peremptory. They cannot be disregarded by the Courts. Ex Parte Chase, 43 Ala. 303; 3 Chitty\u2019s Gen. Pr., 53, 54, 56. The names of the jurors must be written on separate slips of paper, and each name by itself, folded or rolled up, placed in a box or some substitute therefor, and shaken together, and then the slips drawn out, one by one, until the jury is completed, as prescribed in the statute. Brazier v. State, 44 Ala. 387.\u201d\nThe object of statutes requiring the drawing of jurors by lot, is to secure for the trial of a cause, fair and impartial jurors. By leaving the selection of jurors to chance, the parties are never able to know in advance that an3 particular person will be called into the jury box, hence the temptation to tamper with jurors is to some extent removed. Again, such statutes remove from the court or sheriff the power to place any particular juror in the box for the trial of a case. \u201cIn the United States, the usual mode for presenting jurors for acceptance or rejection is by drawing from a box or receptacle, ballots, slips, or substitutes therefor containing the names of persons summoned or directed to attend, which have been placed therein in accordance with the requirements of law.\u201d 12 Encl. Pl. & Pr., 375.\nIn the case of State v. Holmes, 54 Mo. 153, the Supreme Court of Missouri construed a statute of tliat state, with, reference to the empaneling of juries, which provided that the sheriff or other officer summoning a jury, should deliver to the clerk a list of all jurors summoned, who should strike from the list the names of all persons excused by the court or challenged for cause, or peremptorily challenged by the parties; and that the clerk should record in his minute book the first twelve names remaining on the list; and that the jurors whose names were thus recorded, should be the jurors to try the cause for which they were selected. In the case decided, two of the persons- whose names were among the first twelve on the list, were omitted to be called, and were thereby excluded from the jury. The Court say:\n\u201cThe law is peremptory, that the first twelve names remaining on the list shall be recorded, and that the names thus recorded shall be the jury to try the cause for which they are selected. The first twelve constitute the properly selected jurors, and neither party can be deprived of this selection without his consent. * * * * If the court may refuse to have two called among the first twelve, it may refuse a half dozen, and if it 'is not bound to take the first twelve it may take the last twelve. Such a practice would not only set at defiance the plain mandates of the statute, but it would lead to a confusion and rmcertainty utterly destructive of the rights of the parties.\u201d\nWhere the statute requires that the jurors must be selected by lot the statutory form must be followed. Thompson on Trials, 2nd ed., sec. 96. It will thus be seen that if the statute requires the jurors to be so selected, and jurors are selected in some other manner, over a party\u2019s objection, it is reversible error. ' It therefore remains to be determined whether the statute of New Mexico requires the selection of jurors, summoned to complete the panel, where the regular panel has been exhausted, to by lot. The sections of the statute relating to this subject are contained in C. L. 1897, and read as follows:\n\u201cSec. 995. At the opening of the court the clerk must prepare separate ballots, containing the names of the persons returned as jurors, which must be folded as nearly alike as possible- and so that the name cannot be seen, and must deposit them in a sufficient box.\u201d\n\u201cSec. 997. Before the name of any juror is drawn, the box must be closed and shaken, so as to intermingle the ballots therein; the clerks must then, without looking at the ballots, draw them from the box, through a hole in the lid, so large only as conveniently to admit the hand.\u201d\n\u201cSec. 1001. The jury consists of twelve men, chosen by lot, as prescribed in this chapter, and sworn to try and determine, the issue by a unanimous verdict.\u201d\n\u201cSec. 1002. If a sufficient number cannot be obtained from the box to form a jury, the court may, as often as is necessary, order the sheriff to summon so many persons qualified to serve as jurors as it deems sufficient to form a jury; the jurors so summoned must be called from the list returned by the sheriff, and so many of them, not excused or discharged, as may be necessary to complete the jurj', must be empaneled and sworn.\u201d\nIt is contended by the State that sec. 1002, supra, 'requires the names to be called from the list of special venire returned by the sheriff, and that the provisions of section 995 and 997 apply only to the regular panel. It is hardly to be presumed that the legislature intended to adopt one method 'for calling the names on the regular panel and another distinct and different method for those on .the special venire. The reasons for the selection of trial jurors by lot would appear to be the same in either case.' But it is contended that the legislature, by the language ernplo3ed in section 1002, viz: \u2014 \u201cthe jurors so summoned must be called from the list returned by the sheriff.\u201d meant that the juror must be called from such list into the trial jury box to be examined on his voir dire in the order in which his name appeared upon such list, without such name being placed in a box by the clerk and drawn by lot The practice, universally followed in New Mexico, has been to call the jurors, from the list returned by the sheriff, into the jury box, to be examined as to their general qualifications as jurors, and so many, as are found to possess such general qualifications, and as are not excused by the court, are retained as jurors and' their names are placed in a box, in the same manner as are the names on the regular panel, and drawn therefrom by lot, as required, until the panel is complete or the names exhausted. And such we believe to be the correct interpretation of the statute. \u201cThe jurors so summoned must be called from the list\u201d refers simply to the preliminary examination of the proposed jurors, as to their general qualification, and the making up by the clerk of the list of names which he places in the box, upon separate slips of paper. It was intended, evidently, that all the names upon the list returned by the sheriff should be called- and the persons summoned should be examined as to their general qualification for jury duty, and from the list of those found eligible for jury duty the jury in the particular case should be selected, but by lot, as in the case of the regular panel, for section 1001 says, \u201cthe jury consists of twelve men, chosen by lot, as prescribed in this chapter,\u201d etc. If we should hold that the names of jurors summoned to complete the panel need not be drawn by lot, then section 1001 would necessarily be limited in its meaning and application to a jury selected from the regular panel. But it is contended that the language used in section 995, supra, indicates that its provisions only apply to the regular panel, viz: \u2014 \u201cAt the opening of the court the clerk must prepare separate ballots,\u201d and it would be impossible for the clerks to prepare separate ballots, containing the names of jurors upon the special venire in the manner prescribed. But if we consider the entire statute, the object in view, the purpose to be accomplished, the evident intent of the legislature, it will be seen that the various sections can be brought into accord and a sensible and intelligent effect given to each in furtherance of the general design of the legislature. All the sections of the statute under consideration were enacted at the same time as a part of one act. It was the evident purpose to provide for the selection of jurors by lot. To give to section 995 the narrow construction contended for by the State would preclude the selection of jurors by lot, where it was necessary to issue a special venire to complete the panel- because it would be impossible to place their names in the box at \u201cthe opening of court.\u201d\n\u201cIn the exposition of a statute the intention of the law maker will prevail over the literal sense of the terms; and its reason and intention will prevail over the strict letter.\n\u201cWhen the words are not explicit the intention is to be \u25a0collected from the context; from the occasion and necessity of the law; from the mischief felt and the remedy in view; and the -intention is to be taken or presumed according to what is consonant with reason and good discretion.\u201d 1 Kent\u2019s Com., 461.\nIn enacting this statute it is apparent that the prime object in view was the selection of trial jurors by lot, and to give to section 995, supra, the construction suggested would practically destroy the entire act, and defeat the evident purpose. The provision in question, requiring the clerk, \u201cat the opening of the court,\u201d to perform the named -duties, at most is only directory, Lewis Sutherland Stat. Cons., sec. 612, and is satisfied by the performance of the duties imposed at any time prior to the drawing of the names of the jurors from the box.\nThe trial court erred in calling the jurors for their voir \u25a0dire examination from the list returned by the sheriff, instead of having such names drawn by lot, as required by the statute, over appellant\u2019s objection. For the error thus \u25a0committed, this cause is reversed and remanded, and a new trial is ordered.", "type": "majority", "author": "ROBERTS, C. J. \u2014" } ], "attorneys": [ "Iv. K. Scott; O. O. Askken, for appellant.", "Frank W. Clancy, Attorney General; Harry S. Clancy, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, N. M., for appellee." ], "corrections": "", "head_matter": "[No. 1532,\nAugust 28, 1913.]\nTERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO, Appellee v. COMMIE E. PRATHER, Appellant.\nSYLLABUS (BY THE COURT)\n1. The jury must he selected, empaneled and sworn in the manner required by the statute, and a material departure from the statutory method, by which a party is deprived of a substantial right, is ground for reversal.\nP. 199\n2. Where the statute requires the jury to be selected by lot, all other methods ar,e impliedly prohibited, and the right to have the jury so selected ip a substantial right,' the deprivation of which must be presumed to be prejudicial to a party.\nP. 201\n3. Sections 995, 997, 1001 and 1002, R. S. 1897, construed, and held to require the selection of jurors, summoned upon a special venire, by lot.\np. 204\nAppeal from the District Court of Chaves County; John T. McClure, District Judge;\nreversed and remanded.\nIv. K. Scott; O. O. Askken, for appellant.\nCourt erred in not selecting a jury as required by law. C. L. 1897, secs. 995, 997, 1001 and 1002; 7 How. Pr. 441.\nJurynyen must be obtained from ballots, folded and placed in a box by the clerk, and not by calling the names, as they appear, in order, on the list of the special venire. Territory v. Carmody, 8 N. M. 376.\nHearsay testimony is not\" admissible. Mitchell v. Stale, 114 Ala. 1, 22 So. \u2014; Baldwin v. St. L. K. & N. R Co., 68 Iowa 37, 25 N. W. 918.\nIt was imperative for the prosecution to show by competent testimony that the said Satterwhite was without the state, as a predicate precedent to the proof of Satterwhite\u2019s testimony, given on a former trial. ICitchner v. Laughlin, (N M.) 23 Pac. 175.\nMr. Young testified from hearsay only, therefore court erred. Drigger v. H. S. (Olda.) 95 Pac. 612.\n\u201cBefore any proof whatever of the former teslhuony of an absent witness is admissible, it must bo proved that such witness is absent from-the state- either permanently or for such an indefinite time that his return is merely contingent or conjectural, or that said witness cannot with due diligence be found within the state.\u201d Reynolds v.- H. S. 98 H. S. 145; Harris v. State, 73 Ala! 495; Thompson v. State, 106 Ala. 67, 17 So. 512; Louisville & N. R. Co. v. Whitely Go., 100 Ky. 413, 38 S. W. 678-; State v. Able, 65 Mo. 357; Reynolds v. Fitzpatrick, 28 Mont. 170, 72 Pac. 510; Young v. Sage, 42 Neb. 37, GO N. W. 313; Jackson D. Potter v. Baileyq 2 Johns. 17; Powell v. Waters, 17 Johns. 176; Crary v. Sprague, 12 Wend. 41, 27 Am. Dec. 110; Draper v. Stanley, 1 FTeisk 432; Piano Mfg. Co. v. Parmenter, 56 111. App 258; Edwards v. Edwards, 93 Iowa 127, 61 N. W. 413; Lesassior v. Dashiell, 14 La. S. 467.\nIt is prerequisite to the admission of a transcript of testimony, taken on a former trial of the case, that such transcript be proved to be a correct statement of the former testimony. Wollen v. Wire, 110 Ind. 23J, 11 N E. 236; Morris v. Hamerle, 40 Mo. 489; Coughlin v. Hanessler, 50 Mo. 126; Mattox v. U. 156 U. S. 237; Burnett v. State, 87 Ga. 622, 13 S. E. 552; Luetgerl v. Volker, 153 111. 385, 39 N W. 113; Smith v. Scully, 66 Kans. 139, 71 Pac. 249; People v. Sligh, 48 Mich. 54, 11 N. W. 782; Reynolds v.\u2018 Eitspatrick, 28 Mont. 170. 72 Pac. 510,\nEarl Iden should have been sworn as a witness and testified in the presence of defendants of what the former testimony of Satterwliite was, refreshing his memory from his notes iaken at the former trial. Reid v Reid, 73 Cal. 206, 14 Pac. 781; People v. Carty, 77 Cal. 213- 19 Pac. 490; Cerrusite Min. Co. v. Steele, 70 Pac. 1090; Stayner v. Joyce, 120 Ind. 99, 22 N. E. 89'; Herrick v. Sworciley, 56 Md. 462; Byrd v. Hartman, 70 Mo. 4pp. 57; State v. Ambrose, 47 Neb. 233, N. W. 306; Jordon v. Howe, 95 N. W. 853; People v. Lee Eat, 54 Cal.*527; Kean v. Com., 10 Ky. 190, 19 Am. Rep. 63.\nAn oath is essential before any testimony whatever may bo introduced against the accused, except dying declaration. State v. Williams, 49 W. Va. 220, 38 S. E. 495; Coleman v. State, 43 Tex. Crim. 15, 63 S. W. 322; Chappell v. State, 71 Ala. 322.\nStatute does not declare the legal value of such stenographic notes as evidence. Kirchner v. Laughlin, (N. M.) 23 Pae. 175.\nCourt erred in telling the jury to consider the paper as read to them to be the testimony of the said Saiterwhite in this trial, the same as if he were present in person and testifying. Jackson v. Bailey., 2 Johns. 17: Ballenger v. Barnes- 14 N. C. 460; State v. Hooker, 17 Vi. 658; Quinn v. Halbert, 57 Vt. 178; State v. Eette'rly, (Wash.) 74 Pac. 810.\nSupreme Court shall examine ihe record and on the facts therein contained alone shall award a new trial, reverse or affirm the judgment of the district court Laws 1907, ch. 57, sec. 38.\nFrank W. Clancy, Attorney General; Harry S. Clancy, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, N. M., for appellee.\nThe jury was properly empaneled. C. L. 1897, see. 1002.\nNo error in-the special instruction given by the couri. Territory v. Donahue, 16 N. M. 17.\nWhere an instruction given is identical in principle with one which is refused the refusal is not error. City of Chicago v. Moore, 28 N. E. 1071; Chicago Trans. Co. v. Ivinnare, 115 111. App. 115; Chicago U. T. Co. v. Leach, 117 111. App. 167-74; Franks v. Matson, 71 N. E. 101L; Glove Co. v. Trans. Co., 106 N. E.-749; Hirte v. Railway Co., 106 N. E. 1068; R. R. Co. v. Anderson, 56 N. E. 331; Coal Co. v. Ilaenni, 35 N. E. 162; Chicago U. T. Co. v. Jacobson, 75 N. E. 508; Kyle v. People\u00bb 74 N. E. 146; Chicago v. Moore, 28 N. E. 1071; Railway v. Matthewson, 72 N. E. 443; State v. Stoekhammer, 75 Pac. 810.\n\u2018^When the substance of requested charges has been fully given in instructions, it is not error to refuse to repeat the instructions, though expressed in different language.\u201d Kennard v. State, 28 So. 858.\nError assigned upon the admission of the transcript in the present case is a mere technicality. Under all the circumstances and in the absence of any reason to believe that defendant was in any way prejudiced, we submit that the ends of justice will be better served by disregarding this objection. 1 Thompson Trials, sec. 200; People v. Cleminson, 250 111. 163; Wallace v. People, 159 111. 446; Jennings v. People, 189 111. 320; Barbor v. People, 203 111. 543; Wistrand v. People, 218 111. 323." }, "file_name": "0195-01", "first_page_order": 215, "last_page_order": 224 }