Cross v. State

During the Spring Term of the Circuit Court for Nassau County, in 1924, the plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was tried for the murder of Philip P. Lord, which was alleged to have been committed on December 25, 1923.

The defendant pleaded not guilty. There was a verdict of manslaughter and judgment entered. The defendant took a writ of error.

The tenth assignment of error rests-upon an order made by the court to the sheriff during the examination of a juror upon his voir dire, which order related to Mr. Miles W. Lewis, one of the defendant’s counsel, and directed the…