Edwards v. State

RICE, Judge.

Appellant was charged, tried, and convicted, with, for, and of the offense of assault and battery. Code 1923, Sec. 3299.

The party assaulted was one C. E. Jeff-coat. And it is conceded that one of the jurors trying the case was related to said Jeffcoat within the degree prescribed by Code 1923, Sec. 8610 (Subdivision 4), as being good ground for challenge for cause by appellant. But that neither appellant nor his counsel knew of the 'relation of said juror to said Jeffcoat until after the trial and verdict.

The only serious question presented by this appeal is that as to whether or…