This declaration in Springville v. Thomas is quoted with approval in Thompson v. Utah,23 the court adding: " It is equally beyond question that the provisions of the National Constitution relating to criminal prosecutions apply to the territories of the United States." Assuming this to be true the court, in this latter case go on to inquire whether the jury referred to in the Constitution is necessarily a jury of twelve persons, neither more nor less. This inquiry is resolved in the affirmative, and the court say: "When Thompson's crime was committed, it was his constitutional right to demand that his liberty should not be taken from him except by the joint action of the court and the unanimous verdict of a jury of twelve persons." 24