In impaneling a jury for the trial of any felony, the court shall not swear any of the jurors until the whole number is selected for a jury.Code 1858, § 5215 (deriv. Acts 1817, ch. 171 (172 in Scott's Revisal), § 6); Shan., § 7184; Code 1932, § 11748; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-2511.
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