State v. Appleton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

F. T. Appleton was convicted of murder in the first degree. A motion for a new trial was denied, judgment was rendered, and an appeal was taken to this court, where the judgment was affirmed. (The State v. Appleton, 70 Kan. 217, 78 Pac. 445.) Afterward, and just within a year from conviction, he filed a petition asking for a new trial on the grounds that two jurors who tried him were prejudiced against him, although upon an examination of *161their qualifications they answered, that they were free from bias or prejudice, and that since the…