...Constitution of 1898, and the provisions of article 9, which are as follows: "In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right to a speedy public trial by an impartial jury: provided that cases in which the penalty is not necessarily imprisonment at hard labor or death,...

...as violating Article z, Sec. 16 of the constitution, declaring that the defendant in criminal cases shall have the right to “a speedy public trial by an impartial jury in the County or District in which the offense is alleged to have been committed.” He objects...

...compulsory process to procure the attendance of witnesses in his behalf, and a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district, in which the offense is alleged to have been committed." In view of these provisions, it would be a grave question whether the legislature...

...10, article I, of the constitution which guarantees to "the party accused * * a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the offense is alleged to have been committed." The rule of interpretation suggested is familial'; and its application here is said...

...beyond our jurisdiction can not be punished, by requiring every criminal prosecution to be tried by a "jury of the county or district in which the offense is alleged to have been committed." But it is equally clear upon general principles. As is said by Mr. Wheaton: " By the...

...have a city court, because the city court cannot enforce the constitutional right of accused persons to "a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of...or district in which the offense is alleged to have been committed," rests entirely on the proposition that the city council cannot provide for holding...