This section is from the book "Popular Law Library Vol10 Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Wills, Administration", by Albert H. Putney. Also available from Amazon: Popular Law-Dictionary.
In some jurisdictions, the statutes as construed by the courts require the several defendants to join in their peremptory challenges; that is, one set of per-emptories for all;20 while in others each shall have the statutory number without regard to what may be done by the others.21
 
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