Gross v. State

The plaintiff in error was indicted for the murder of one John Peter Smith. The jury returned a verdict that he was guilty of murder in the first degree, as charged in the indictment, and that he should suffer the penalty of death. A judgment was rendered by the Court in accordance with the verdict.

It appears, by a bill of exceptions, that after the jurors impanneled to try the issue upon a plea of “not guilty” had been sworn to answer questions touching their qualifications, the Court permitted the prosecuting attorney to propound to each juror the question: “Whether he entertained such…