Gleason v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Settle

Affirming.

Appellant was tried in the court below under an indictment for the murder of George Courtney, but the jury, by their verdict, found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter and by judgment of the court his punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary, at hard labor, for an indeterminate period of not less than two, nor more than twenty-one years.

Appellant sought a new trial on numerous grounds, but only two of them are urged on this appeal for a reversal of the judgment. 1st. That a member of the jury, previous to the trial and before he was…