All issues of fact in any criminal cause shall be tried by a jury, to be selected, summoned and returned in a manner prescribed by law.

(RSMo 1939 § 4051)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 3662; 1919 § 4005; 1909 § 5212

CROSS REFERENCE:

Defendant may waive trial by jury, when, Const. Art. I § 22(a)