People v. Thayer

Sewell, J.:

The defendant was convicted of the crime of robbery in the first degree. One of the ¡jurors who served-on the trial was over the age of seventy years. .

It appeared by affidavits that neither the defendant nor his counsel knew the juror was disqualified at the time of the trial.' Ho challenge or other objection to his qualification was made. The question presented is whether the acceptance of the juror by the defendant was a waiver of the objection to his qualification.. It was early settled that a failure to object to the -qualifications . of a juror was a waiver of all objections,…